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Newspaper Page TextMACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 18S9. MISADVENTURE, By W. E. NORRIS, of “My Friend Jim,” “Major anB Minor,” “La Belle Americaine,’ “ Matrimony,” etc. , etc. [All Rights Reserved.] love and dissimulate a new and far more ardent one. But in truth the offer was difficult to refuse. He could put for ward no reason for refusal which would Ito considered valid for a moment; and besides, in spite of himself, the cheery self-reliance of tho woman who had so long held sway over him moved him a little. There was, after all, something in what she said; battles are never lo6t until they aro won. It even occurred to him as a possibility that ho might be bold and confess tho true state of affairs. Feminine nature is a curious thing, and have there not been instances of women who have helped the man who once loved them to marry somebody else? But he scon dismissed this preposterous idea—une idee saugrenue, as ho called CHAPTER XXIII.—Mark’s Tenant. From tjie day when Mark Chetwode admitted to himself his love for Cicely, he had no other wish than to leave Al>- botsport forever. lie was not a vain man, but he tinted to be ridiculous; and every time that he thought of his recent self-confidence ho experienced a twinge about the region of the heart, which was caused almost as much by mortification ns by the misery of unrequited love. How could ho have been so fatuous?—he who prided himself upon his dispassion ate judgment and freedom from illu sions of any kind. He stood before the looking-glass nnd shrugged his shoulders in dismal derision of the image he 6aw reflected there. What a lined, unat tractive, tired-looking face? How absurd _ ... ------ to imagine that it is possible to fall in it, for he thought more often in love with anything except beauty, or at; French than in English. What seemed the very least, youth 1 Intellectually ho a less unreasonable thing to hope was perhaps Archie Bligh’a superior, but. for was that, after a time, Madame Sour- physically ho was beyond measure the avieff would grant him a short leave of inferior of that stalwart young fellow, absence, which it would bo easy to find nnd ho had been an utter fool not to 1 sowo excuse for prolonging. He bal- recognizo Ins inferiority as well os its nneed tho pros against tho cons for an inevitable consequences. hour or thereabouts; but from tho first With theso reflections and others of a it liad been a foregone conclusion that liko nature to occupy him, his customary Madame Souravieff would be obeyed, calm philosophy soon gavo wav to the and an intimation that Upton Chetwode irritable despair of a caged animal, lie would bo iinme listely vacated by its was dying to get away; butjhow could ho owner was dispatched to her when tho getaway without money and with that post went out. useless millstone of a house about his i Having thus committed himself, Mark neck? It is even possible that there summoned his factotum, to whom he may have been yet another causa for his said briefly: lingering at Upton Chetwode, and that, i “I’ierre, I liavo lit this houso for the although he abandoned all hope, he still summer to Madam* Souravieff, and she hungered and thirsted for a sight of will take possession at once. I do not Cicely’* faco. That somewhat doubtful propose to leave tlo noighborheod just boon seemed, however, to bo unattain- yet, so you will hafro to find quarters for able. The family at the Priory were, of , me somewhere near.” course, living in the strictest retirement, j Pierre observed ihat suitable quarters and when ho had called ouco to inquire . might be a little difficult to discover at “I don't wish to mi „ . have a prejudice in favor of my hands clean.” “You can wash them as soon as you have done your work. It is chiefly for that purpose that soap and water and religious creeds exist. Tho work of tho world isn’t clean work, as you ought to know. You belong to sociotirs which aro not over scrupulous in tho means that they employ to fecuro their ends." “Do I? Well, I supposo I do. But then they never secure their gnds, and m> far ns I know, they m-Moiii go beyond talking of the means. At any rate, they have never asked mo to assassinate any body.” “They might, though.* after Mr. BUgh’s health—upon which oc casion ho was not invited to enter tho houso—ho felt that he had no excuse for further intrusion. Chance was kind, or unkind, to him at length on a sunny afternoon when, such short notice. ( “We must put up with unsuitable ones then,” returned his master. “Any thing will da I iin not particular.” He was in realty extremely particu lar; but for some time past he bad been strolling through ono of the woods which* living in a staty of diiaomfort which bordered his property, ho was brought i before his arrivalin England had been faco to faco with Mias Biigh, who was j unknown to him so that lie was to aorno retuining home from tho Rectory. Sie extent broken in and was able to submit could not very well pass him without without a inuri ur to tho prospect of speaking, nor, for the matter of that, | housing himself in tho lodgings above did such appear to bo her wish, Sho air. Simpkins, tlo grocer’s shop, which looked more beautiful than ever, ho wero all that tie active Pierre could thought. In her deep mourning, which threw up tho clear whiteness of her skin, and although she was a little grave, she did not affect the subdued manner usual with ihoeo who have rxju-rh-iiceu » tv cent bereavement. About that bereave ment nothing was said; she spoke irin- cipally of her father who, asshedeclared with on eagerness which betrayed mis giving, was very much belter than ho had been. Not without hesitation did Mark make up his mind to ask whether the rumor which had reached him of her betrothal to her cousin was correct. Ho looked her full in the lace while bo put tho question, and a fa.nt flush mounted into her chews. But alio replied without em- barra-rnent: '•Yes, it U trite that we aro engaged. We b&ven’t given it out publicly, be cause the engagement may very likely bo a long one. I couldn’t think of leav ing papa until he Is stronger.” Mark made use of some conventional phrase*, for which site thanked him, and then came n {aum. Perbapa his next observation was not in very good taste, but he had an intense desire to know for certain whether this maten was one of love or convenience. So ho said: •In England and America, but no offer him, after day of search and in- must be cotfesscd that there is an odor of cheese apt of something else—l think It uiuti o« brmvn sugar—which penetrates into evbry part of tho house of Simpkins,” Pietro said apologetically, “but the rooms themselves aro not so bml. It appears tlat several of tho as sistant pasteurs—cl rc*. ho called them— liavo lived there Vud have not com plained. For tho lest, 1 suppose that Monsieur has not the [ntention of re maining long in Abb** sport.” Monsieur, who was not given to be connmmicfitive, took Ko notice of tho Inst • rva'io..; he S,-i«*\y 'irde.cd rro to pock up forthwith, and on tho uing morning Mr. Simpkins hustled out into the street in lus shirt sleeves nnd a white spron to receive the gentlo- inan upon whom he now remembered with regret that he had lately been some what never* while discharging a public uuiv. No fault of mlno, »lr,” he took occa sion to explain. “Personally I was dead ataiust saying anything of the kind; Yes, that is a pleasing reflection. But public and private affairs don’t stand upon quite the same footing, do they T Madame Souravieff made an impatient gesture. “Let us understand one another, Mark,” eaid she. “You havo an oppor tunity now which does not come twice inn lifetime. If you don’t care to tako advantage of it, tell me so, and you will Bpare me a good deal of trouble. But if you will be content to do ns I tell you. tho remainder of your life will most likely be much happier than mine. Do you think I never look forward to tho future? Do you think that, if I wero a selfish woman, I shouldn’t prefer to leavo you ns you are? Only you ar j too cold and too sceptical to believe that any hu man being can be disinterested.” lie made his peace with her, and promised to obey her orders, not seeing that any other course was open to him. Ho could not tell her why he was sensi tive in respect of his dealings with Cicely, nnd ho was afraid if he said any inoro about it she would guess. So he listened to the instructions that she had to give him, and answered to tho best of his ability certain shrewd questions which she put to him with regard both to Cicely arid to her affianced lover. “The outlook is more promising than 1 expected,” was her conclusion. “Such a girl os you describe will certainly grow tired of such a man if she has to talk to him and to nobody else every day for weeks together. Your part will bo a very easy ono at first. You will uot. ob trude yourself, but you will see her sometimes by accident, and when you do you v ill tako care to let her perceive the difference between a cultivated man of tho world and a stupid young sollier. If you could insinuate very discreetly that you were the victim or a ho{Uess passion, that would do no harm.” I For the part assigned him Mark felt that ho possessed special aptitudes, and this made him smile, which plsued Madame Souravieff. “Come,” she exclaimed, “a little mur age l You shall be a Hussion mcrabdr of the English parliament—perhaps area a Russian member of the English ministry —before I have done with you. Con sider tho importance of that to mej and it will relieve you of the hard trill of believing that I have nothing to gait by working for you.” CHAPTER XXIV.-Mme. SouraVift is vantage to her, instead of a menace. “It is a mere question of common sense and good will, 6lio declared. Thus the rector quite forgot to put any personal questions to his interlocutor, not even so much as inquiring what had tempted her down to Abbotsport, while his wife fretted and fumed at the ne cessity under which she found herself of making conversation with Murk Chot- wode. For Mark had been sitting with Madame Souravieff nnd had looked, as Mrs. Lowndes afterwards declared, "most distinctly caught" on In-ing dis covered. In any case, there much information to bo got out of him. “A sealed Ik>okI" tlu- good Indv ex claimed impatiently, when she was once inoro seated beside her husband in the pony ch.ii.--o. “One would think he did it on purpose to be aggravating, and in*, deed I daresay he does. Nothing but ’yes* and ‘no,’ and sometimes an absurd affectation of ignorance. lie didn’t know what had induced the countess to tako his house; didn’t {know how long she meant to stay; didn’t know Whether he himself vat going away or not—didn’t know anything, in short! Not that he shows much wisdom in being so reticent; because that makes it pretty plain that ho has something to conceal. You rememberwhatl'.o’.dyou, Robert, when lie first came down here. I said: ‘Depend upon it, there is some entauglemont. Well—there you are 1” “Is Madame Souravieff an entangle ment?” asked the Rector, with a tolerant smile, while he flicked the fat pony. “That, I should think, must be obvious too very body.’' r a certain broad stretch of down that they knew of, where tho exhilaration of feel ing good horses under them, and tho rush of tho soft westerly wind in 'their “ swept away all remains of faces, w dJacontont or ill-humor. Tho very best way of making up a quarrel is doubtless to say no more about it. and the quarrels of lovers are gener ally supposed to terminato in a manner rather pleasing than otherwise. But of these two persons only ono could bo called a lover, and for tliat reason it might possibly have boon better if the fiitic scene of tho morning bad led to a fuller explanation between them. As it was, Cicely still thought tha. 4 tho young man would do well to let tho Priory fora time nnd amuso himself, while ho still thought her proposition a heartless one. For tho time being, however, they re- f ircsaod their respective opinions, nnd, ‘aving fully enjoyed their ride, fell back naturally to those easy terms of coin- twdeship which had subsisted between them prior to their engagement, nnd the continuance of which was all that Cicely, for her part, desired. •ow, on that sure afternoon, as chance would have it, Madamo Foura- vieff, who had brought saddle horses down from London, had persuaded Mark Chetwode to make use of one of them; an l so it came to pass that this couple, while jogging homewards, espied another coaple ahead of them, “Nothing could bo better l” Madamo Nuraviell exclaimed, when she had be n told who these equestrians were. “Wo will canter on and overtake thorn, n 4 you shall introduce mo. I had l e:n Ch. well, it wasn’t obvious to me. wondering how we could contrivo to Sho isn’t very young, and it struck that sho was more interested in political and church mattera than anything else. A remarkably well informed and agree able woman I thought l;er.” “My dear Robert, of oiurse sho’a agree able. As for church matters, I should liko to know what her church haa to say ”in renginuu huu jum-*** *», •«*- where else as far os I know, ladies are understood to have the privilege of con sul; log their own inclinations in the matter of marriage; but 1 luivo been told that this right is not invariably re flected. I hope it has been in your Thereupon sho flushed again, and this timo a good deal more deeply. ••If you know me a littlo better,” she n plied, “you would hardly doubt that, I think. And,” sho added, with a per ceptible touch of indignation in her tone, ••if anybody has been telling you—that tort of thing will be said, I daresay— tiiat l am being forced Into this marriage for family reasons, you may contradict your informant upon my authority. Well, that at any rate was explicit and conclusive enough. .... It was on the following day that V ark wrote tliat despairing letter to Mr. Wing- field, which, ns we have seen, brought about, for one of its consequences, Mad ame tiouraviefTs determination to become his tenant. The announcement of this determination, which was expressed in a thoroughly characteristic atyle, reached him shortly afterwards. “ I take your house for three months from this day,” Madame Souravieff wrote; “therefore make your arrangements ac cordingly. Do not, however, include your exit from the neighborhood of Abbots- r irt among them, or the bargain is void, know you, »r dear Mark; you are like one of thoee strategists who withdraw their forces as soon as they perceive tliat they have been beaten according to the rules of war. Tho people who win bat tles don’t trouble their beads about the rules of war. They go on fighting, and tlun lo and behold 1 it turns out that the rules of war, like other rules, have ex ceptions, I am one of those peofde, and as you are under my orders (at least you profess to be) you will oblige me by standing your ground until 1 give you the sigual to advance and gain the vic tory. “I do not nsk you to remain in your own house as my guest; that you never would consent to do, and I admit that the arrangement would present difficul ties, But you will easily find quarters near at hand. “We will not have a formal lease, please; only teU me what I am^to pay. ■miother usi 1 MM wTwtu m ninim*.- tu i . - ** - — *«— at a I but until jou'vo tem.il on a jury you can't form no iilea of tho hobMinacy of somo Jurymen, air. Wo bare to humor ’em a bit or we shouldn't get no Tcrdict at aH," "I asStre you I nerer thought of at taching tho smallest importance to tho procecdiiiK»of any of you,” an.wered Mark, urbanely. “Pray don't let ms keep you awKy from your busimsi any longer now.” Simpkins, therefore, liad • to retire without hading out anything about tho foreign lady who had so suddenly and Incomprehensibly been wised with a lancy fur Upton Chetwode. H, avenged himself during the remainderof tho day by telling hi. customers that (or bis part be didn't believe the mysterious stranger to he no lady st all, and that foreigner* were a miserable, half-starved lot at best. “Poor Mr. Mutant, ho was a gentleman, and kep' up wliat I call a ■pmjwr estab lishment; hut one can't 'urdly 'ope to another hke him in tliat tumbledown old place." Ibis, however, was a hasty and pre judiced a sumption, os Mr. tiimpkins was the Ur.t to admit when Madamo Souravielf arrived with an imposing cwuci of domestics and sent him iu an order groceries which causoil his round eyes to goggle like a toad's. The political inter eats of Russia do not, unfortunately, coincide altogether witli ours, and this inclines many of us to he more olive to Russian defects than to R uslan virtues; but nobody can deny these people (lie merit of spending their money freely. It is a tine quality, and every trim Briton appreciates it. Mark was familiar with Madamo Sour.vcifTs regel way of doing things, and her faculty for making herself very comfortable wherever she went, but even hs was amazed when lie went to pay his respects to her and saw tile transforma tion which a few days had effected •" bis dilapidated n,anion. “Yon are marvelous!” he exclaimed. "Nobody in the world but you could work these miracle. Mow do you con trivo iti” “Nobody but a nomad knows how pitch a lent," site answered, laughing; but when once the trick has been ac quired it i» simple enough. If I never had any mere marvelous feaU to perform than a little arrangement of upliolstery, perhaps I should not look as old for uiy age as lilo." Cnmc^XD. As may bo imagined, the n.htnt of tiie Russian lady, with her stall« ser vants, her horses nml iter carriages, cre ated no small stir in the vicinity of Ab botsport, and everybody wanted very ■it to know who sho was and what in I- world ah, hod come for. r l tin it 1 um* Inipcriuve upon airs. ' - mi*'-, r lii.u.w t. r or I.4U pm,r * ....„ . find some answer to f;u -tiu!.\ which [Jure being addressed to her rom uli quarters, and at the same time to Ratify n pardonable curiosity. I err,” aajdatw, "womustcal\ipoD is ail right, though 1 confess tliat lVave my doubts. But 1 shall be better alp to I judgo when I seo Iter." “Doyouthlnkshowilllike tobo upon'r" asked tho rector dubiously. I "I really don't know; hut that ik't the Question.'* “Wliat U the question, my d*l Whether slie is all right? While that I mains uncertain wouldn’t It be Letter! us to avoid ri»k of contamination by let- ing her alone?” J “A parish priest,” returned Mrs. LoW des severely, “cannot be contaminat by visiting his parishioner*. Indeed, is his duty to visit them.” | Mr. Isowndcs yielded, as ho very pi ■ally did when there was anything ii a difference between him ami his wi It tarts wear and tear to give in at ti when you know that you* will ccrtaii have to give in at last; and so, later the day, the rector's pony-chaise w »een cutting up the fresh gravel whi luul been strow'n in front of the cntnui of Upton Chetwode. It was seen, tiiat is to ray, by some Madame BouravielTe retainers, but n bv tliat lady herself, wlio, being in t di a wing-room, tho window's of whi looked towsrd another point of tho coi ltaw, was just the least bit in tho wor Uikcn aback when her visitors were a nounced. No surprise, however, w« perceptible in her manner of reccivh them, and although at first she could n imagine who they were or what th about a wife’s duties. Bite has a hus band—that much I did find out. And she usually lives apart from him. And Mr. Chetwode has taken Simpkins’ ’ little lodgings rather than leave A* jort while she is here. If these don’t tell their o\frn tale, I’m very mistaken.” Well, my dear, if you know all it we need not grumble at Chetwo^ silence,” observed tho roctor humorodly. That was tho sort of speech which Mrs. Lowndes often said, made Rob sucli a provoking companion at timi Ho never would understand that thin, ought to bo cleared up. Ho long things are not cleared up, how can yc tell where you aro with people? Beside sho wanted to be alio to confirm, or r« move, tho very natural doubts folt in tli ' • lil'l U IJ neighborhood. ■ At the Priory, as elsewhere, stranger was mado the subject of n lilt! discussion; but in that house there cou! bo no present question of osfH^g »jo anybody, and os it wan undentood tl Madamo Souravieff had only taken Uf ton Chetwodo for tho summer, not conjecture was spent upon her. “Une of Chetwrode’n Kunnian friends, suppose,” remarked Mr. Biigh. “I hop she is i«ying him n goed rent: for 1 si pect that he needs it. poor fellow!” “It is more likely that ho Is letting 1: have t iie use or tho house Tot nothin always seemn to me to bo cares very little about monsv,” »nid M Mdpwith, whofco penchant for Mark li Hurvitod tho <l«»truction of the which kite had onco ent* rtained > behalf. But Mr. Biigh did not appear to b- greatly interested in Mark or In Mad St uravieff, or ii.decd in anybody, 1 b; n; about an at cidental meeting, Mark would just as soon have deferred that meeting a little longer; for the idea of bringing his old and his new love to gether jarred him somehow. But of cour.-e the thing hud to be douo sooner or Inter, and upon this occision, as jt tuned out, the two ladies only ex- « ' a ift fiirtii d >. huu -ol curi- o*»tj and a few unmeaning words. For • our people cannot very comfortably ride abreast, and Madame heuravieff ibtught it best that she should under- t • young . I. r and leave Mark to irivo evidence of his respectful synipr fcay mtU the heiress iu tliia time of domestic ut trial. Mark did not do that, being aware that ( i cly's domestic sorrows wero not of a I kind which sho cared to talk about, but I be lore a previous bint of his mentor's in mind and took some trouble to say I clever things witliout apparent effort ; (; icilr, who had always lilted him and i found him interesting, did, as a matter of fact, draw some half-unconscious comparisons between him nnd her cousin, which could not be to th* latter's ad vantage. She was young; sho had been ls.i'iiug n very dull life of late; and it was 11 asant to bo entertained by ono I u h had scon so much ot the world und could talk so amusingly of liii varied cx- r “So I told you long ago,” ho answered dryly. “No, you said sho was pretty—that Is a very different thing.” “You nro not going to accuse mo of having lost my heart to her, I hope,” said Mark, turning- bis iinpa.-.Mw fa-v to wards hU companion. “Perhaps not. In order to lose one’s heart« no mu : first have a heart t" !«•■«. Still the fact remains that Mbs Biigh is beautiful and—and that I am no longer Mark had to roatsure her and to drag forth 11 rtai-i ’• . ■ 11-11- •.t ; mto'.-it iofi* from the rectates of his memory. It was net a pleasant occupation and ho did not enioy it; but when bo bad done, ho liad at least the satisfaction of knowing tliat ho had lulled her awakening suspicions. Possibly Madame .Souravieff wag not un willing that they should bo lulled. (To be confined.) TRUST!* ON TXIC VVAN'IL The Cotton Oil Trust About toOIve Up the Clhost. From the York Time*. New York, Oct 10.—Public senti ment is telling. Investors nro assorting themselves. E-iwa aro becoming of Wall street consequence. Trusts are upon the wane. This is not an idle phrase. There aro facts at hand to sup port it. And important among tbe.o facts is this: Ono of the biggest and most conspicuous of ail tho trusts is to be distohed. Iho American cotton oil trust w ill go out of existence in less than one fortnight lionce. The New York Times h able to stato this upou unques tionable authority. Tho present intentions of tho million- “And now aro you going to begin filtering about again?” sho asked. 3 you let your house for any length Only for three months, I believe,” lie end. “Indeed I can hardly lm« » tiiat Ms da no Souravieff will care glit her hen*, won't it? \ iiUtijK m Upton Chet- aire magnates in this trust pie not newly conceived. As iong ago as last winter they had so far discern-M and appreci ated the drift of public sentiment regard ing trusts as to uucotno conviucou that they had much to gain by an abandon ment of the trust idea, with its secrets and mysteries* ek> impnvacd, indeed, were the controllers of the property then of tho necessities of the case, they caused to bo organized under tlio laws of New Jersey a corporation known as tl.o Cotton Oil t’omjKiny of New Jersey. They made up its directory of dummies— their attorneys, tlieir friends and their clerks. Lawyer Win. Nelson Cromwell was at the head of iC* directory list Mr. Cromwell is the New York attorney of the Cotton Oil Trust. Tills ti rporation proceeded far enough to take in certain Texas properties be longing to the Cotton Oil Trust till emer gencies arose that for a timo brought its progress to a lialt. It was the intention to merge the Cotton Oil Trust into this Jersey corporation. But this snag was struck—Sew Jersey law prohibits such a mercer, in so far as they require a con solidation, and to do this it was found necessary to organise still another corpo ration. This w a* dole, tho now cor{x> l-Mlion l—lnj* mIU llt» Ns!k>5?! Colfrtw OflCunpany. its organization became known yt*ti-rday. Its directors aro the same os those controlling tlio other com- pany. and tins when busineae clo~vd yesterday, tl.o Cotton Oil Trust found itself finally in a position where its chlnery was absolutely perfected for conversion from its trust character an - : tin i r without nmtetSoua secrets and mulct hie lain xUU I! hr tell yon the truth, I sti&prct tliat I or |>rinci|Mil r*-a ..>n* wrs tlmt she 1 to give a tittle help t<» hii j ir.and,” answt reu Mark; f«r lie i».iti.oiuhtovtr v.i.nt :.■ mi ,.i The Pend of the Nlurderous Famlllr* JEndrd bjr the NIarrtaae of CSraco NIarttn and Prank Tolliver— History of tlao Feud, Lexington, Ky., Oct. 2t.—A day or two ago a dispatch was sent out announcing that a wedding had ended tlio Tolliver- Martin feud. At first tho report was not credited; but it has boon found to be truo, and the following dctaiL relative to the wedding and feud liavo been ob tained: Tlio contracting parties wero Grace Martin, tho daughter of the king of that faction, and Frank Tolliver, tlio brother of tho Tolliver leader. Tho ceremony occurred at 8 o’clock, nnd nil tho mem bers of tho two factions wero present. love conquers the deadly feud. Over 200 j orsons wero present, and tlio greatest cordiality prevailed. Men who had shot at each other from behind tri 1*8 and in the open ground shook bands with each other for the first timo in life, and mountain women talked with neighbors whom from babyhood they bad tJiunin I as they would a snake. “Mountain dew” was abundant, but not a crosa word vras spoken. Tlio couple were married by ’Squire An lrows, Tho bride is u pretty girl of 22, and tho groom is but a year older. Tho wedding feast was n sight. Whole roast hogs and calves, cakes that would he strangers at Dclmonico's. fruits and “spreads” mado tho tablo groan. swearing an eternal friendship. At the conclusion of the day each side swore by tho nowly married couplo to forevor live in peaco hereafter, and thus ends a feud tliat cost half n hundred lives, resulted in enormous costs, and kept tho stato uneasy for years. the great maktin-tolliyer feud. Tho famous Rowan county war bat ween tho Tollivers and Martins began actively in 1880, bj^thn killing of a Tolliver by u Martin in an election quarrel. Martin was arrested nnd taken to .Mount sterl ing, where a bogus older was pres< tiled for his removal to tho Morcheaa iaiL Ho was put on a C. and O. train, nnd when Farmer’s Station was reached ho was taken off nnd deliberately shot by a baud of Tollivers. At tho next election tho Martins car ried the dny, aiul thu Martin fac tion undertook to clean out th j Tolli- vers, fought a pitched battle with them nnd woro victorious. Later on the for tunes were retailed and tho TolUvm reigned. CRAIO TOLLIVER ELECTED JUDGE. A few years ago Craig Tolliver wn elected police judgo of Moorhead, am that Jmd complete mastery of th The any Well,” slightly, I didn't v • , w . , .- n ' — u.. Hometime aeo. cou ldnt. Why didn't I like it? I tho late steward blushed am going to be married, and at to doit while I was stew- nv« n at the \\ bite House. But I had other reasons: It was too dull; mg to do from morning to night; it t suit me. I told Mrs Harrison so, they let me go. And then 1 could great ileal letter out here in Chi- - I came; but it is absolutely un trouble with tho rn pape true that I h; President < lies in the Easte Mr. Zieman u duties at the Kiel go to Washingtoi Annie Welcher 1 Zieman. “What stories they do tell of tho domestic affairs of tho White House,” “tiiey aro laughable.” tho kitchen, much Eastern papers, ho rn are all lies.” o resume his old Dec. 20 be will i and tiring Miss ith him as Mrs. ident’s l In. i’••fed for putting into th .upon this subject. is a wn old 1 --.t--. cgul&i , —— louowed jfriend of mine,” he added. “I used to Morton s death he had Leen singularly see a great deal of her and Count buura- anathctic, and hia painful efforts to rams vie IT in bt. Petersburg.” himself when his daughter was in the "And what bccarno of Count Soura- »PP»rcnt to ever) body, ox-ivi. Kj, )„ d,»dI” gg-fr-qw* wno wo<lM .?° t "*. ttatn. “No. but ho hu . chronic drmnsc- orninou. indication, of her fathe"*-" u ,it * h * "'"i. which m»k». him rd to Lnt .ho wa. In, blind with rezn Archlo, who had cliangcd in more tin n one. It was no» only that bo bod fit, of unaccountable depronion, but tlu; h. had becom. ncrroiv nnd irritable, nnd, what waa .till worw, wa, dortlop- (nit a tendency to bo exacting Now ihli w», what L'k.lj had dreaded from tin Dm. Sho wm very fond of him am very unwilling to hurt hi. feeling, yet for both tbeir *ake», bo eu.lit to b>| mail, to undontoud that that kind a thing woqjd never do, «nd tliat h. inn. not luokcroaand Injured if him decline* to U, always nt hU beck nnd call. On. morning, when the waa obligee to wy that iho waa too biwy to go ou. riding with him, ho turned away will •uch an impatient movdinent and eight-; ao noi.-iiy that tho right moment neemet to have come t ir mailing him a lecture. Thi,,he accordingly did—with rwultJ that were not altogether uti.fncton He 1 egged her pardon very humbly; bJ admitted tliat he ha 1 thown temper and tliat he ought not to liavo done to, but he did not qulto lay aiide id, aggriovec air. and that wa. tiie on. tiling that .in luul wanted him to do. “The truth U, Archie,” iho paid. "tlu; Ljrh SST.n,temil ckm 1you are out of met,; that i« what makei SsBatsasiSJSrs i, th. Orthodox Church) to whkh rit .'T {£no r„« belougetl, sbe was thoroughly i HtmuMu't and everv nvuuin r bould. How long must llw away?" * * *** "That i, rilly," returned Clcaly, Ur levnitti found nwat intwreting. ,, temper licginntr.g to cive waV , 1.- '•°„r ppinU o .grtimenta are . mi ‘hearer , W* >*V hia«l^« lively unimportant, au nc, *titer t .idently need a change. Do junta, you tunc, 1 'tliat I cannot lielp lioping tha ^ .bout it, only dew don't behave th.dre.rn of union and recoumlUlka K Ix^r.^ 1 may b.«^J«n. day. With fhrlSftthefoomuithout givjng him on. know, that fmternixatuui la lu>t ^beanv re oinder, for ,' ‘ ■ meet a, nor abate one jot of her portent, t i„. r _ mi ,iona Site demand, unconditional .ur T _ , ndwh ^, hu next rentier, ami that, I think I niay say, six j,|g wotbegoue coi will never obtain from Ike bulk of English nation/ “Rome,” agreed Madame fiouravi solemnly, “is the enemy. But for Romish clergy we should nerer have aihita Iiorae won't W £| iib woebegone counten«.»v«r, .... It that she had spoken too sharply. It not wise to whip a dog or a chi;!, or snub a lover, and afterward to exhibit of regret for wliat you havo done, temptation Li sometimes strong, but He made iue requUIie iejulidki, then observed that she had now under- the country for the summer months v lent of thirty guineas a week. Will t km a feat which looked to him very tliat do? I do not choose to give lesa— • iJce an Impossibility, which you will almost certainly tell me | “Well,” said she, “that la what ra te do—but of course I will willingly j logins to be seen. I admit that it will be give more.” impossible unless you help me, and we Then followed instructions that no *jutil liayjto go to work with a good { reparations were to bo made for her deal of caution. Luckily, there is no reception. Blie would send her own need for haste. The old centierean mint set rants down a few days in advance, di® in the belief that bis daughter will and they would seo to all that was nec- n^rry her cousin; otherwise you wou.d cssary. I risk loaing the stile alogstker. It was not immediately that Mark de- Mark p illeil a wry face, cided to accept this very liberal offer. | “I don’t think wo shall suareed. For ono thing it denied him just what “Is it worth while to be dL»h. he wanted, freedom an-l escape; ad i«-l oral l* and tl.»n to fail: to which, he shrank from the iil^a of J “Oh, if you begin to make objectk being compelled to simulate a worn out J a t the outset!” f always be r.^uted by such as one half of the trouble tliat we have had] in Poland, and if Austria were not under! „ the thumb of the Pope we should loogko was accustomed to ago have found some means of recon- erably skillful In the excrcUo'of it, riling our interests with hers. ^ not unaware of this elcn.< nury rule: “Oh, but if Austria is really under the t , after all, she had promised to be thumb of ths Pope, and if that is the rc- chie’s wife, and perhaps it was hardly suit of her being so, I am afraid; as a fit to trample upon him. loyal Briton, I most say tiiat I am very ,ho therefore proceeded to undo ths glad of it" observed the rector, laughing, -ct of her reproof (which hail been “We shouldn't quits like to sea you and lly salutary) by saying, with a smile: Audria making an amicable division of •llaven'tyou forgiven me vet. Archie? Turkey.** as very disagreeable this morning. I ThU gave Madame Souravieff an op- >w, but 1 want to make fn* nd« again portunity of explaining Russia’s true v, and I find I shall have time for a mi- ion to the East, mid of pointing o it rt gallop with you, if you don't rn.c l 1,.|W -,u.|... .( wgul-1 1 • I r - •-n-ating r .'‘ •■r Lt.-. ' kni.rn t . t.t.giutn. wl.i.-h wo.ilt r. n<i. rV) Ar-'.ii- w#*..t ronn-l to tbestabb- the transfer of Constantinople to a civil- d to give the n -< <-eury order*, and i/.«d aud dfiliting {»owera {-o*iU\e ad-iu after live o'clock they forth for tlio he a disagreeable person to live in iso with. Besiues, Ills wife holds .. {xilitical opini* n« which he doesn’t tare. So, at a general rule, he goes his ay, and she govs ber^. It is one of those cases in which no blame attaches tlier side, and after a certain time of life people who don't suit one soothe rare i»er to live apart if they can, 1 think.” C c!y made no comment upon this iccinct account of the Russian lady’s unektic affairs; but she glanced at the .rare in front of her. which looked youthful enough in a riding habit, and it occurred to her tliat the time of life referred to by Mark must i<o reached ther early. Her next qis ation was t “Where do you think of goieg this miner? You don’t intond to s|«nd it ove Simpkins’ shop. 1 presume.” “I scarcely know what 1 intend,” he i*wired candidly. “I wanted to zona on as I let the house; but I couldn't away just as Madams bouravieff came; and now- And now you don’t think yon can i away as long os sho remains?” sug gest'd Cicely, alter waiting in vain for him to finish his sentence. “No; if 1 linger here in spite of ths imu-U of Mr. Simpkins’ chew-e, it won’t for that reason, I think,” he an swered. with a laugh which ended in a sigh. “For what reason, then?” she inquired, wonderingly. “Some day perliaps I may toll you; but it U much more likely that I never shall. In any case, it is an a'»*urd n a- hon. Let us talk about some.h ug else.” It will be perceived that kL.rk knew how to carry out instructions. Ilia man ner of doing so, which may, perhaps, in narration, give an idea of somewhat rough workmanship, must nevertheless bo pronounced to have been successful, inasmuch as he hail managed to rome Cicely’s curiosity and even to convey to her a veryivague inkling of tiie truth, lt waa ouly a wry vague iakling; be cause, although she waa aware that a great many men admired her, she washy no means ready to believe that they loved tier. It was, however, quits suffi cient for Mark’s purpose, and seeing the impression that be luul produced, be wisely ti rebore to deepen it. Madame Souravieff, in the meantime, had had no difficulty at all witn Archie. She sometimes, though not often, found lt ran be st»ied upon nu -: m that the company inti* which the trusl to be merged will liavo precise!- ‘ »ame capital that b» now rap JBted by lb: trust There* will be no incrcare whatever. The properties in tho trust will be turned over to tbs new corpora tion, whose stockholders, having tlio same rights and powers and opportuni ties as belong to sliareholdur* in any railway conijrny, wifi tako possession and Irnvc full and absolute control of tlio corporation’s future policy. At that an nual meeting new directors will bo elected. Apropos of the change which has been determined uiion, a large stockholder of tbo trust said hut night: “We aro not doing this for fun. it is all buslnees. We sec prosperity and success for us as an ordinary corporation, while us a trust we can hope for little else tiian suspicion of our acts and purporc*. And, you can depend upon it, this move is significant. Other trusts will follow us; tiiey cannot avoid it; ’tis a business neceuity. The American policy won’t stand trusts. Ti uats generally have got to ga We are the first, but we won’t be tiie lost.” A Portable Telephone* From tbs finod- n Times. A ust-fnl practical application of tho telephone to military, railway and other purposes has tieen effected by Messrs. Mix and Oenest, telegraph engineers of Berlin. This apparatus, whicu we have recently inspected in Ixmdon, Is con tained In a case twelve inches long by •ix inches wide and eight inches dc*c, which, for general purpoere, is slung by a strap in front of tiie user. This ca?o o*>ntains a dry call battery, a magneto bell and an induction coil. In tome in stances, where it U desirable that t it Toll; •died were tho j*-«,pl., that •u Tolliver v? noia onion and exer- ! I cute tho right* of that o:li< <>. After the i lection ot Tolliver to tho otlico of polico . I judge three citizens were compelled to , j iluc i.oiu Moorhead. Tlieir li its, thoir * fortunes, their Hmei, ,. -mu 4 y e v we L, ^ * ’ I w:^ eTeric^r’'feo^ ; ’wl , against him were afraid to go to the 1 Dull*. T UK MUItDHfl *-F TDK LOGAN I’OYH. l:i.mediately aft. r hiking po-MM-»Mon ol bis oilice h«' inaued warranu for the nr* ret.t of William Logan nml bis brother John, n^od 11, charged with ku-kluxing. Wnrrunia were pla< ed in tin- humU of Morehal Munnin to serve. Mntinin and TolUvsr nnd a posso went to the l^igan house. Manniu forced his way in o^Im- hotiHi) nnd up-stairs. Immediately the Logan boys opened flit, killing him in- -l.uitly. But n* h<i«>u sis the two Imiv.s mado their nppesmnco tho opened lire iqion them. When tho smoke cleared away tho Logan boys lay daul. Tho two men who formed thepouo returned to Mi oihcad and g.\\n tie uiM-UiM up, hm wero never punished, A dozen other battles followed, until nt la.it tlio Logans and M.triiii.s roialum d and cither kdhd or tlrovo off all tho older ToUivorw. binco then tho killing•» havo U< u Lo la ted, though frequent. The prcM-nt reformation is lnrgi ly duo to a big re- viral held in tho town of Moorhead ia.-q year, led by a Methodist ovangohlt named Caten. t HAIG TOIJJVER’g DEATH LAST YEAR. Craig Tolliver, tho chief of thoToIliv* r faction, was killed last year in one <. f 1 tho notorious encounters which grow ou. of the Rowan county feuds. Ho fought ' ’ desperately, but finally cornered nnd ct died in his boots after hath g shot down ^ several of his pursuers, binco his death w there has b.. n ;i l..h m the factional 1: warfare which has distracted tho county {>< for so many years. Ho was n man of m desj^ratocourageanl unbounded self.! control and nerve. During lus career he • v. is said to have kdled ten men. Tlio rupturo written of in t says, originated in the , lcou sion to fancy French dishes. “it is not truo that the servants didn’t get enough to ent. They cot tho l>c«r. t.a re was. Mrs, Han I . ,jj l lfia even gone 80 rar on several occasions ns to sutreest ! » tliat I J Ur ,:r '- Tho trouble nl»ut th. cook grows <>;it of n purely blackmailing rohenre. When I went to V... Illn„-t n I waa given cnmplnto cliarge of evivjthing; 1 w -., p tn „ caterer or ohef. I waa .toward, nml gnvo Ik nd m 110,000 ns security for tho management of nil tho airnir, of the boiuo. \\ bon it lx*cnnio necessarr to get a rook somebody recom- meml.-d Mrs. M I’etounrd, who hail Iren JV ith the Eogliah legation. I hired hor at • a month. Her husband, who was a I utter, nnd then idle, also wanted em ployment, I agreed to take him ns Boon us I found nn opening at $100 for both. I'ctouanl then wont ..if to Kuropc, nnd his wife csino into tho kitchen. The President didn't like lior; fancy sauces nnd rich French dishes nro not to his ta.to. Ho wants good plain food, nnd when the family went to Deer Park I thought it’was ago <1 timo to get rid of Mrs. Pctouard. I discharged her with two weeks’ pay. Afterward she came back nnd asked for u month's pay. The President said, ‘Give it to her.’ I did so. \\ o thought wo wero dono with them, but when 31. Potouard got hack from Kuropc ho sent in a bill for joint services of himself and wife for $-100. 1’vo got that now. Ho said bo was going to see tht^President as soon as I left. ; : Eui the rats ami vermin in tho \\ bite House,'' said Mr. Zieman, with a midder, “they are something awful. I krow no onn will beliovu it ail, but thov are in {)OM*eMj<>n of the houre. It U r -ally so. Nothing is safe. Lost Monday, just as I left, a profe-*ional rot-catchsr • m’.iu*. and ho is n nv at work. He < aught fourteen iu ono room. Why, I sound of tiie bell should ljo bcaid, the Neef hammer is su 1 . dated for it, and is used as a means c« calling *tt< n- tkm between the oommanicating parties. The case also conuins a combined re ceiving and transmitting apparatus, which is fixed with Mix and Oi-neti's mi crophone, as a transmitter, the apparatus Icing conveniently made f r application to the ear and mouth. For field pur- {ie«es an outpoti equipped with the apisi- ratus proceeds to the froo\ his telephone being in communication by a wire with that of tbe tall watch, tiie latter being again in telephonic communication with headquarters to the rear. A number of outpuete, either infantry or cavalry, may te on duty at the same time and in com munication with tiie field watch, who will transmit to hiadqatL'tirs the rc|>orts received from tbe outposts. At tiie trials at whh b we were present the apparatus *U>t» -...I 1* u — niy . id I keep a gun just for that i urposo. Tlioy didn’t think the children were safe when left along. Tho rats would eat the fruit on t prepared at night Ihejfchadtosf lisman iavs tiie r** now bock to the Hornier aim- I n«:.tv of a colored cook, tbe old family "no, brougnt from IndianaiKifis, ••The bit" banquetH.” bo said, "will all be dniio this winter i>y a caterer, and nothing iu the bouse. DKATII OF J I DIJE WINFf. t Awmy mi HU Homs Is Es* Marietta, Oct. 22.—[SpeciaL/,—Judge Will J. Winn died at bis home In Ma rietta this morning about 1 o’t lo-k. He liad Is-en confined to bli room aLout three weeks and hi* friends had begun to • nt« i tain hopes of his recovery, but on last l rid ay li«s \ grew wnrho.and k raj idly until this ruoruiug death •k hit In ti: il«*ath*of Judge Winn Georgia a of her bright. It lawyers, one or ablest Judges. lie funeral tervicc will take place to- row afti moon at :J o’ckx k, and will ndiK ted by tlm Independent Order f Odd Fellows, of which lie wo THE NEWd Atlanta, Oct. Winn, judge o it. which occtn irietta at 1J0 •u In > a famili. rith all K»|«t-chill; ig about tli IN ATLANTA. I !*'i«cULl—Tha •.euthof Hon. W. the Blue Ridge cir- • d at bis home in ’clock this morning, with great sadness, figure in Atlanta, aud i tiie i this FOMtEll TO TIIK WALL, i Aususla Dry ( Ida of the >u. August a, Ga., Oct. 21.—'The dry g.*xL and elotiiing house of B. F. Kohl, r A Co. was closed to-day by tbo sheriff on the foreclosure*of a mortgage for uts.ut $18,000 held by tbe National Km hange Bank of Augusta. The mortgugo is for money borrowed diacoutmued, Cti unai l« t'» in- < t t i-j n- i the bank refused toacc Heavy buying and Tho tui ur*rlrait «l..^ ___ but never'witlT men,' an J it IU. on Zm! p 110 *^* wining ynjitoiiy a little taciturn at first, site soon made him loquacious. On reaching the point where their paths diverged, *he begged him to come and see her someday, when he had nothing better to do, and took leave of him and Cicely with smiling friendliness, mingled with just so much of formality as Is laxnnlng in a lady who has not yet been called upon. But she became grave when she and Mark were once mure alone together. S .e rode beside hiiA in siience f r tome ItUle distance and then turned abruptly wah the* remark which he had beer* quite sure that she won d make. “Savt-z-voua qu'clle *»t furieutement ii**, votrt beri'.kre?” telephone might Ue carried witli eie.*y train, so that us the event of accident tiie guard sliould be able to communicate with ti:e nearest station by making a connection with tbe conductor of his in strument and a wire carried along tho lin-. FOIl TSItF.D ISIS AI NS Use llorford's Arid I'honphat*. Dr. O. C Bloat, Syracuse* N. Y., .a “I g:iM I', t- • [ t.< l.t w I..* w;.* i able I" 'r:t - Tif is o-«t ordin trv i.i ness, because his brain was ‘tired a coofused' npoa the least mental Imni-Uutis I*-ut tit, and ultima! cry followed as the cause of embarra.- FOOD FOli mi-: | The Can telligenoe lature, where c.e many of his frien.lt and many as- . .at.-i with whom be -* nred i»u .lUtrict a tho legislatara. IkM.p tiiis wsis the :< no nd :i".« t.iLly, whicii lost winter ele- atclbi.'ii toth>- t- n ii <j( tbo Blue Ridge circi CANDIDATE! Hardly had the Judge Winn reach talk began of tb would be the probi stated that one a- was ou the floor of ingcanvnssing for d Atlar ALREADY. nf tho death of before the * vacancy, and who bio candidates. It te pi rant for the place tho House this morn- Thefol turned hi rot but U is quit not cuter th. i havo been men- ol.abie condidates, >uie of ^hem viil fAMH Vtslo tin rad or. Quebec, Oct 21.—The pr ernment has contributed a is ot proviiions and or goods fi of tho starving Labradoria Esquimaux, on the Gulf of S Five hundred barrels of fiou; to-day by stiatiu ri. Kef Vsst’s 1* u. rani lire Tlio gentle: Gober of 31a f THE A.sriRANTS, ?n named are Hon. Geo. i ietta, <• x Solioitor-Genrral Judge Scions, andt’ol. (’. D. PbilliDS of Marietta. Jiidva teMt ot Caftersville, and Hon. IJ. P. of Forsyth. The e[.*.> ti' h will not long deiared. a* ti.j bnal adjournment u so near at band, w ill Le a short and spirited cam- puign. i \* ‘ i Bell Wi NN, Oct. 21.— Daniel, pn-Mdent of tl.o state health ot I- loridu, t. l. graj in t rine hospital service tuat tb«.- qua restrictions impo« leu Key Weil Co -nt of sus{>;ci»ub cases of fo\c have Lec-u removed. the ?S5t. Tbs Havre Consulship for Ullllants. Wahhinqton, Oct. 21.-The President today appointed Os< ar F. Williams of I today appointed Oscar r. >> illiams of Nsw Y ork to bo consul at Havre, France. r ~r iim'UiMt't V ..NOW PALL* 1* aiXXUDTt, The Ground Covered at Fergi and the atoms I uabal-d Minxeafolu, Oct. 21.—There was n slight Hurry of snow w Mii neapolie tiiis morning, scarcely enough, however, to be noticeable. A Fergus Falls, Minn., dispatch says that the ground was covered with snow this morning, aud it is still falling at noon.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The weekly telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1885-1899, October 23, 1889, Image 1