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J KSTABMSIIKD 1820.
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MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY 5H1NJNG, DECEMBER is, 1S8‘.).
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MISADVENTURE,
>dy els
La Belle Americaise,"
By \V. E. NORRIS,
Author of “My Friend Jim," “Major and Minor," •■
“Matrimony." etc., etc.
[All Bights Rowrvidi]
CHAPTER XXXIX.—Clear IS Ik- That her npproach would bo seen from
M cw?"' . .. . ‘t? direction of AbboUport „«• I prob*
•*W ell. said Sir George, as ho walked able; so he passed along the lawns and
away with his son, “how did you'gut terraces ana between long bods, gay
on? Able to report progress, eh? 1 didtho . with dahlias and other autumnal Bowers
best I could for you, you know'." j until ho reached the little iron gate
“I am still rather in the dark,” an-1 whence a footpath led across the failing
swered Bobby; “I hadn't time to ask ground of the park toward the village’
many questions. but from what sho told There he halted and. leaning over the
me, I'm moro convinced than ever that fence, awaited events w ith a somewhat
ij feci .-
.air, and
* hope- I was back fr
e that I 111.10110* yo:
t cense to treat hint as a friend | they tell nu
nt of the duplicity which you
ybody’ have been clever enough
there is somo mistake or misunderstand
ing about Archie."
“Ob, Archie bo bothered'. He has
chosen to inako a bolt for it, and who
cares whether ho is playing the fool in
Paris with Madame Stick-in-the-Mud or
whether he is disporting himself in Jcri-
cbo!" .
“I think Miss Bligli cares," said Bobby, Cicely hove 0 .... , ia#
quietly. | hw way slowly up the lull, and by her
“The deuce you do'." returned hh tide, u Bobby was not at all surprised to
father, glancing sharply at him. “What walked 3Iark Chetwode. .‘Somehow
makes you think that?” he had felt certain that Mark would l>o
■ “I can’t tell ycu exactly—her wbob with her, aed the fullilment of his
■ombre countenance. Because, after all,
it is very possible to be a little Don
Quixote without lindimr the part an ex
hilarating one.
lie did not, however, have to chew the
cud of his meditations until it turned
hopelessly bitter in his mouth: for
scarcely five minutes had elapsed before
"* *“ sight. She was making
CHAPTER XU—Bobby as a Detective.
In that mild autumnal season the Ab
bot-port fish trade was very dull. The
villagers, it is true, were in no immedi
ate want, because, being of an amphibi
ous nature, they had lately been doing a
little work i which they hated) in litdping
to get in the harvest and lad received
the wages w hich w ere their due. Still
rent day was drawing near, and the her-
'ing could not be expected for many
*" ks to come, and there teemed to be
B .. v Miv „ . --- , better use for an unemployed work-
to get at the truth. And, you kuow, when Bobby, with that directness which | nj * man to make of his time than to
there isn’t the slightest hope for me.’’ seems to be one of tl.o many pleasing uud * OUD c>e over the bar at the Seven Stars
salutary results of a seafaxin - life, re-1 fln ' J , ‘ ll * cou rse gravely about the manv
marked: troubles nnd anxieties which beset all
“Archie ia worth half a dozen of him. ! norlals hard world. Nothing
anyhow!" lessen* trouble so much as talking about
“Ycu may as well make it a’ dozen and “° or ‘« can talk upon any subject
while you are at it." said Cicely, who , an ,l0ur at a * tr etch without requir-
was not altogether pleased to find that ,n S pencili hb thirst; so that it tim*s
Archie had
manner. 1 suppose. She didn’t
much; but I could see that sho felt a
good deal. 1 fancy that if she hadn't
cared for him sho would have mado
some effort to find out the truth. She
inu.«t know very well that lie wouldn’t
have vanished m that way just because
•of some lover’s quarrel.”
“H’m! You've heard what your sis
ter thinks about it?'
“Yes: and I daresay she is right to
some f xtent. it isn't at all improbable
' - ' ' !.••! V. oil l 1;',..- X. > M. p !!!'••
Archie’s shoe*, nnd—and lie’s a shifty-
looking fellow; I don't fancy those shal
low eyes of his. Oh. yes; I shouldn’t
, wonder it he was dangerous; only I
tlioukl want a little more proof before 1
lelioved that legend about Madanio Sou-
ravieff. You see. I've known Archie all
j my li'e, and—’’
“God bless me !" broke in liis father,
j impatiently, “one would think that you
wanted to whitewash the fellow!
Would it give you any particular satis
faction to drag him back by tho hair of
his heal and marry him to a girl whoso
| dioes he isn’t lit to black T
• It wouid, if I thought she wished it.
I Anyhow, it would give ino satisfaction
I tlu re isn't the slightest hope for me.
“I know nothing of the kind," Sir
I George declared.
I “Well, I kuow it; and os I can't have
I wh it I want, I should like her to have
|*hat sho want*. I don’t believe she
I want* to moiTv Chetwode—yet."
I oir George threw up his hands, tossed
[ IBs head and snorted.
GUucarl oh deorf* he exclaimed,
"what fools wo nil aro when wo are
I young, and how little use our wisdom is
I : . . w fieri w- havf ^ i. • w li old 11 . nl>
I i M,.- t-'.fi .s. pi..—. I'd und* i
I take to put everything right in a brace
lot shake* I)<»n't I know that girls can
■ be made to fall in love with any man
■who is young cud good-looking . ,q.*>-
I cully w hen be Ira n bis arm In a sling!
I it do 3011 hiip: <•(•♦* f..r a moment 1) *t
■this little Don Quixote is going to prollt
|by his advantages’. Not he'. Whathopro-
1 • ■ l * * .b i-i- 1 *.» k ui. mi** .•! in-. 11. .11..
I 1 .1 1 ir-i 11 ■ .i*i lb- 1 ..ir,.-t, and in
|ict the other step in and carry off the
t There's a pretty tort of a raving
' matic for your
“But I don’t mean diet wale to carry
f the prize, if I con help it." objected
bobby, tuiidty. “i stuped— but perlia]*
ll had hotter not say what I suspect yet
kwhife At all events, you may te quite
tl 1' il I tin 11. lit I I,ad .iii v . n ■ ■ h
ail vantage*, a* you call them, 1
wouldn't hesitate to use them."
"That’s the first sensible thing 1'vo
h ard you say," grunted Sir George.
Now, what Bobby suspects l was that
fLrk had somehow or other been in-
trumentol in procuring Archie's re
ntal from the scene; and tliat hi* con-
-cturw should have been so correct is a
ptnarluurfe instance of tho kind of
1 which goes with simplicity.
Prchie, he reasoned, assuredly had not
1 I - ;u- and fu-ud <u .. ■ > u .t
|f any difference that might have arisen
■1 him and f.< Is. > .u.,-i .-d>,
lerefore, matt have induced him,
hth« r by misrepresentations or in somo
I r • ,i\, to di-..i| j*. ar. and u 1..., . i-
I ' ik i 11 • -1a■ *« 1 • •. t.a : .ui wit* i.'-.r mi
1 i i" nail. B'.bby, at ull event ,
| 1 • • U.k < >1 no < u«* « !>«•; I nt li. 1-
1 ’ 1‘l.lLc nU ll III. 11,11 .1 S .1 -» III . • Olid
“tn-l to keen his weather eye open.
1. 1 d. ubt il w a-, a \. i v mid in-
Itiut that prompted him to apply in the
iu«'ani e to the rector of tho pariah,
■ d.--, re-rug .-1 n-.t-oii il |.- and
dhle a man. Bobby simply put it to
ks refreshingly *»no person whether it
1 1- 11. .1 . r-dil I- 11 ..tl An i.i- bad
B^a guiltv of the folly imputed to him,
I '!i 1 « w mu -> an»wi itd unlii--it.il-
I i7 < k‘ af course it’s incredible,
| 11 havo said so all along. But don't
know that incredible things
sys sure to bo believed? And, ....
unatdy, Archie ha* given people a
•t to formany conjectures they please
r-'Uthim. I dui scad a letter afttrhiuir
m 'ht t.ik. a any n-ti - . t it. am
■can only suppose tliat be is under conn
*tluenc® of which I am ignorant. I
tit mean Madanio SouravielT** inllu-
pectations only had tho effect of making
him nmtten
1# “No, you don’t, mv fine fellow! Not
if 1 can help it. at least."
Cut he had an amiable smilo ready for
Cicely and a courteous greeting for her
companion, who, being taken by Mir-
prisp. looked annoyed for about a second.
Mark scldmn looked nanovcil or sur
prised cr % anything else for more than a
second. Ilia countenance speedily U>
camo .1 total blank, and while Cic
ely was saying civil thiugs to
tho intruder, bo debaKd with
himself whether he should go on to th
a lino color in her
I'y mm h i:i< »■» - I.
•t mollify her very
that the Interest
r affairs was of a
Cicely, who had
cheeks, was eviden.
and r«-rhaj« it did n
much to le assured
wliieh Bobby- t<M>k in
purely unselfish natur
“In spite of what you r>ay," I10 de
clared, “I don't belicvi- vou care for that
deral-semi Hu e:au and I do believe that
you care for Archie. I supj o^o I mustn’t
venture to call myself your friend; but 1
mean to act as your friend, if I cun, all
the same."
“1 think you are very officious nnd
ycry imj* itiuent,” Cicely was provoked
into 8-— 1
The
vlng.
•upon 1 lobby apologized humbly
enough. Ho said he could quite under
stand that he must appear to ha both,
•rlui)>H he ought not to have spoken
out e
Neveitln
vhat
his 1
house and have a cun of tea or not.
decided that he would not; for be knew
that, if this troublesome nautical person
age bad anything of a disagreeable na
ture to say, ho would nooner or laler
nnd some opportunity of saying it, and
it was just as well to let him say it now
and get it over. That Bobby had been,
and probably still was, enamored of
Cicely ho wasquite well aware; but that
in itself could hardly be regarded os an
alarming circumstance, lie therefore
excused himself from accepting the invi-
tation which was presently extended t > I "
him, and scarcely was he out of bight I n ‘
plainly
•less, lie could not retract his
woru>. Timo would show whether he
was right or not.
“I ho{*\" answered Cicely, “that if
time shows you nothing else*, it will show
you the senselessness or listening to gos
sip nnd taking it for gospel."
There vvua no answer made to that
well-meritcd rebuke, and Bobby at
tempted none. He -vent into the house
and had Rome tea tnd departed, shortly
afterwards, without having attained the
object of hi* visit, except in so iar as
that Cicely’* language had confirmed his
previous suspicion*. Sho had never Mid
that the did not love Arcliio, and she
had n a-lo it tolerably plain to a disin
terested outsider that there' vvus danger
of her accepting Chet node out of pique.
"’ *ted outsider was of opin-
1 a calamity must bo averted
Tho disinti
ion that
at all ha;
warm a partisan in that
micapccied quarter. “Why do things
by halves?"
“Well, I don't mind saying a dcz»n,"
answered Bobby generously. “Do you
agree ?’
Oh, that’s another question. I sup-
. people and things are worth j'*-t
" b it wy 11; 1 p|n*11 t«. think tlietn worth,
and 1 dare-.;ty Archie might he worth a
Jo/.**n of Mr. Cln twode* tOJTO’J,"
“1 hit not to you?"
“No, since yi ma*k me. ho ii not worth
luito k> much an that to me. Will you
come in and havo some tea now?"
“Presently, if I may: but I am nfraid
we shall find your aunt in the room, and
while we are aioao I want to U g once
more for the answer which you wouldn’t
give mo the other day. I want to know
whether you reallv loved Archiu or Mir
“Do you indeed? Yc u an* u very de
termined person, Mr. Dare
“You used to call mo Bobby once
UpOO a time," interpolated her com
panion.
“Yet; but now that vou have become
*0 stern nnd dictatorial, I can’t venture
to bo a* familiar as 1 wo* once ii|>mtn
time. I was going to My that vou ur<- a
very determined person and that 1 don’t
wonder at Arab slave dealer* b«*ing
frightened of you."
“They weren't much frightened; nor
are vou. Please, give me nu answer."
“1 did give you ono the other day,
though I might havo claimed the right
to refuse it. I told you that ono way
easily have a sincere nlfection for a man
whom one does not wish to marry."
“Only that’s no answer fit all, you see.
What l want to get at i* whether you
were glad or sorry to lose him?’
“But, may I make so bold iu> to remind
you that I am not Udng tried by court-
martial? l’iu afraid you'll have t>> L>
satisfied with hearing what ha* satisfied
other | copie. Arcliiu and 1 couldn’t
agree, to we parted—that's all. If you
are meditating doing \u a service by
bringing us together again, letmo iusure
ycu tli.it we .-bouldn’t like il. You
would nover bo able to manage anything
of tho kind;still you had Letter l*e iq«arvd
the trouble of try ing."
“I haven't a doubt that I should he do
ing Archie a service," remarked'Bobby
musingly; “but l confess that I am not
quite a* anxious to servo lum as to serve
you, and I am not sure what your wisln *j
aie. Would it make any difference if i
could tell you what mado him take to hi*
beebr
"•Tv . I.e k -Min- | . Mj i- t||«.y were!
biii.y enough for the landlord of the
Seven Stars, a sympathetic jicnon and
one who was ever w.lling to allow credit
to Mich of his customers a* deserved it.
I'e haps Mr. Copp.-ird del 1 ut d< . i\-
it. At tiny late, fie had been given to
understand tliat be would get no more
of it. and thueit camo to pn*i that tl at
worthy man was seated in l.how n | u , H
one afternoon, with his rlbmrs on ids
b ! 1***1* Mil t '!-«•)• «l«*.|- r I'll Ul »«I • * t «* I ||) m»|
his countenance. Not only iia*l he. for
the re.uon above mentioned, been foiled
*'f loi ft m i ptir|K»-«. ,.| -ruing r\
«Iimilt mu tin* previoii-t . \. rim,;. ;>• j 1.
a most fortunate oversight, he had left it
little haril-eerneil money upon the
kitchen table for n few minutes, where
it had Im‘i'11 found ami nromptlv appro
priate d by Mr-, i'«>p!»aid. * mu
a» ttiiogeihrf irrcirievabio mi»>fortunc;
for Mrs. Coppanl, an her liu*hand often
told her, was “that thriftless" Hint when-
-he "bt.lirr d |< -' n m| \ , ,„ :i
of the realm she immediately went and
spent it. And now the had been buying
boots for the children—a* if anytxxly
wanted b»'N at thin tun- of x.-.u - ;o.i|
wa* pru|-*rtionately g*xKl-huuiored ami
exultant.
“Well, *tis something to have put ’«•
In a good humor, anyway," observed
gloomy philosophy;
•that
about moro n
what di
a blm moon.
Mrs. Copiuinl from tho lock kitchen,
liing tho family linen,
: ’ which was
w here she
shouted "lit .1
iloiibtiesi approp
terms of wl
a timo she came 111 a
bare arms a-khnbo, coi
melancholy spouse.
“I do really b’lieve a*
thin’ on your mind, Co
at length. “Want of li*
aceoiint for such down-1
“Got the rent on my
Coppurd. “How be 1
over our head* when all
, but the
inaudible. After
1 stood, with her
ontemptating her
niud," grunted
ked Cicelv, 1 That thei
1 yebt. 1 day
r, and s>ie 11 1 “And v
kuctly so," agreed Bobhv; “that Is
-*t tty own idea. And wl influence ...
* you mean?* I Cicely
I ilr. Lowndes was rather reluctant to | *.\vhV
p^ttit himself to o tfseidod npralhi I
| a w Im 1. ,1 . • 1.. tv 0.I1 •! t .
I. -• I* 1 IM HIM. Ill- .iiin.ille i j
•*Osn you tell me?"
quickly.
“Then sho doesn’t kr
anxious to know." thou,
himself. He answered: “Not now;hut I
m.ty « ntrix** to .‘u.d out I«f<>r- long,
bile, 1 hope you'll l^eware cf that
I..IUA.I.. **
“A tens] oon’d be too big for to hold
>. ur Kiviiii," returned hit wif*-; ••andax
f*>r rent. it *» little you trouble your mind
:d oat that. Well, you know b< Albs
Cicely wouldn't *♦*«• Ui turned out into
the street."
Coi par i sighed heavily.
"Miss i* .-ly," said lie, “w.-n t remain
single forever; tain’t likely. And by the
look o' thing**. 1 doubt but hlu-’ll get . 4
busirn -o for her 'iistiand.
Mr. Chet
*lo vrorn't h 1
1 the day of*,
ouldn’t find language
to prsiMj him in not b<
Mrs. Cop|*ard. will
sniff.
1 Chetwod
I don't quito understand you,'
irawing herself up
build 1 beware of
,l,p,
Ho.
t fr*
b-e surmise did not lack platuibil-
And since you seem to be interested
unraveling of this mystery," he
l '•Mil V. ll ifi, l P Hi .
old rascal Coppurd knows some-
i * h Conscience is not at ease,
I - '■•• l«.n a-kmg 11.— <|ii—iti.'iin
[ ■■ w li m. 1**« mi
[7 •oo’t account for. If I were a Ho-
IP Catholic hM I would (rat it out of
»» once; only then. V funpoee, 1
be allowe<l to tell. A* It is iu*
« ** ]»11 ti»I.v imUi lit* vt hen I
t'XXuMttiiiJaoliiiii."
r**T ,
' • : ••* l.ttb* furtiier . olivei-
Pursued hi-* w. lV to the Bri.-rv.
• **».*, L.und.* 11.- wanted to
1 ^“fthtag ratn- r more definite
7 than he hid h-ard m the
" ; l bfcir first intervieu. Both Mi*»
1 -M.a. hk.pwitl. hereout, be
- -li r. siting his ,i.-u .a-
•tutus this was nut a mere formal
1 i 1, t r men r, 11,j; 1 wan
"Dj bi« ca
t help fancying that ho is at the
■ fu- i 'l-.i.It'-, only an
| idea, and I haven't any proofs as yet;
| but——"
“Then, really," interrupted Cicely, “I
don't think youought tosiy such tilings,
i As a matter of fact he had no more to do
%• .tb An l.ie g. in ^ awa> than you bad.
| What motive could he have for interfer
ing between us?’
j “Well, that's just it, you see; th** nio-
tive •t.u-'. Olio in ill- f.u e. Every bniy
course. Id n'l LLiiue Inui for that.''
* * 11 m iv i.ohbr of you not to biain« him
for tfit-M- mtentiona <>f hi*, whi* h every
•body knows afaoot!'’ exclaimed Cicely,
upon the M'ornfully'. “The only thing that you
blame him f* 1. it apja arn* fi.i* u.g ki 1
n»,'i--«l Archie—forl-ui.p—• you imat
think tint Archie «n*l
“Oh, that doc-,n't n*
pinted away then
the first. ‘Noneo’
hums for me,' say ■ I,
*eo jHJor Air. ll.tr> hie
i t say a, lie teyatt-d
^ us. And 1 bhuoldn’t
1 I'd
little. I liock, though I do
het- I very considerate t
I wonder if Jtn iHHH
Coppard, of what you dooe for to u
yourself upon that younggentlcu;
In say in.* this Mr.,. Coppai
merely drawing a bow at avc-nlui
her husband's 'lemeanor Meiuol u
that she had hit the mark. He
hi* eyes. If iwninK angrily, and
her wfiat she meant by that, emj
I ;ng his question with two
iain.d fa
*5.1 me ha
rdly
' hoi
n injmy sifau>*,it i 1
1 IrtMl.l shatilr.
ii l, ub >wi tli** I*-'
orld. If# h
Now. the truth
not let out much;
he knew to the contrary, h»
let out a great deal, and tho id.-.4 tlu
bad betray* d h.mvell n.Aurally ti
h»n» both frightened and wratiilul.
ua: telling Mr-. Coppard in grim
concise language what would hap]*
her if she hadn't sense tnou
her tongue within her Wetl:
harangue wa*,interrupted by the lapping
l*r>u..J*-d you that'Mr. soineliwly stick upon the door. The,
profound h’einer. Wefij wa " unmeUiately opened from without.
„„ ], au un^-lfiah mterent 1 aU, l through the *]*.-!tore wa*, thrust iii**
<nly fair that vou should ! Irsudsomo face of Bobby Dwre, who
( h.-twode really ik He asked:
t friend 1 have in the | “-day 1 come in.-
been kindne** itself to I ”^bv, if taint Capn Dare!’ ex
• got a
ing a lino, and 1 thou
liko 1 n afternoon’s li
me. C ippnrd."
Ccppord assented
matter of payment lie 1.
be animated by' the for
gentleman, and he fon «
yet be possible for him
cajie from hit. wife, who wa
ing person when irritated
even nt the best of times, pOFMtbcd 1
markable faculty of w orming adim »
out of tlioio who would fain keep l
In loss titan a quarter of an 1:
therefore, this much-enduring hr
winner was neated comfortably in a
ger, which ho hod L
casion (the v
his employer, with tl.o till
aim, was holding a lino ov
As there was a fresh l
from tho eastward, nnd as they
running before it, tlu re was not
likelihood of Mr. Dare's catciting
fish yet awhile; but the rcadc
scorccdy require to bo in tamed tin
Dare was not at sea that day for tl
pose of catching fish. And presently
begnit in a cautious fashion to feel
way toward the attainment of liis \
vate cuds.
“There havo been crcn
about* siuce you and 1 weio
boot together, Coppard," ho 1
“You may »av that, sir,"
jtard, shaking liis had:'
era n liat you could call changes for th[
better neither. The old b'juire, ’he’s
sad loss to Abbotsporf, smt as to
Morten, why, we don't know what
might ha* been if he’d lived. For w
has our faults, ami wo all h oks to cuiin
ourselves of 'em in doo season."
“Wei!—yes; I suppose *0. But
things luu fallen out, you haven’t mu
to complain of, have you? liiss liligl
will do all that her father over did,
shoujd think."
“You won’t ’ear no two opinions
Abbotsport about Miss Cicely, sir.
what I feel, lookin' forrard a bit, i
"e’ve got to count with a yo**ng lady
now, stead of a young gentleman. Ain't ......
it sonly to be expected a*young ladies 'If t ics.i ihe r
marry." i , anl
“On, of course. And in point of fact ( knot
sho was very near marrying a man wild! M
would have managed tho property ad|] l.iujied.
intrably, I dare say. That was a curiou.j “Tow much dd
affair—tlio engagement being broke rtoffv he iihuired.
•°*®ddcnly. | “ifcnow what M«-rvl>o*ly knows, that
’‘very cur’ous. Indeed, sir," answcred| he Ns uUconded^md 1 know that
L^Ppareh briefly, athk ictory re.isoAias been given f
"1 don 1 yet undereumd wfiat th«*| his ping suoii animi rofiafilo tiling."
Rases£• It ivuid Suva b»*pri,' imbnyi “Aid you thinBlIutt I « an gi\o
went on nctnuously. “Being away at 1 xutiskctorv rcu fi: Well,
the time, I hove only heard run.* r .. ami tluaofar'osl kif
rumors ore very ecldom trustworthy,** Ison |vhi*m bo iw m Abbots]ort.
Coppard gruuteil an iiH.H*iit to tbe g* n- |caouto my lodgSgs the night In-foi
nu pro]>oaitlon, but did not seem in- 1 'left lid told toe t%t
GEORGIA SOCIAL GOSSIP.
RECENT SOCIETY EVENTS OCCUR
RING THROUGHOUT THESTATE.
An Klogaut Entcrtulnntenl hr It
Fa hi niiin Sorlnl ttcadlng Clul> A
Bridal lt«*ri*|illon •( Oglciliorpe
- I'ubllr Debste at Oxford.
GRIFFIN’.
Not often do tho voting people of
Gridin enjoy a more elegant and delight
ful reo ption than the onegivenin honor
of Mi .s lienie S|H***r of Washington, D.
by Mr. and Mrs. W. V. II. S*»icy at
their elegant home last TllUI'day night.
Then home see 11H tol>e ee] e< inily suited
foi t-ui’h eatertaiuineuts.
Mr*. Hfiircy, assisted hv her sistere,
Miss Hog* is and Mr*. I'***, 're- rived tlm
guests in her usual cordial manner ami
bade all have a ni< , *« time (v liich was
carried out to the letter). About 1G:J0
o'clock the dining-room doors were
thrown ojieii, rlreplaving t«> the eyes of
the guehU h most ehgant repast, to
whieh all did full Jlistiee.
The guest* were* Mwmw Mos*. Maude
John.son. Mills. Trammell. Stewart.
Banks. Hammond. Opal and IVt Smith,
Kell. B'irr. Bovd. Sallie Maud Jones:
Me-sr-. I*;. K. Went. A. 11. Steward. V.
(i. Baile.v, W. N. Brown. W. I». Davis
A. I>. Carson, Young (»ray. H. K. Hem*
Boyd, \\. ll. Wheaton, Emory
Drake, Charlou Johnson, T. 1*. Jones and
Allen Bate*.
OXFORD.
The fall term public debate, of the Bid
•d la
Frida
night, I‘rof. J. K. Donnell, presiding.
Mr. W. B. King of Hod Hill was fulula
torian for tho oeeasion and intriHlui • <1
the ;.k< rs in a va ry humorous tq »*eeli.
lv* d. '11 at tho age
STATUS It If. IITS.
Mr. Da via Defines III* Views In a Let
ter to a Troy Fdltnr.
In Mnioh, 1H-I. during the debate in
the Baited State* Senate on tho propo
rtion t«> appropriate money to combat
the cattle diheaoc in Kaunas, Senator ln-
galls of that state took occasion to say
that the do* trine of state right* and
state f-overeigrity dies hard, but I think
il is moribund and will eventually be
buried." To this somewhat sweeping
dcelaration the editor of the Troy (N.
Y.) Telegram took exceptions in a care
fully written analytical article headed
•‘States Bights and a National Policy,"
which drew out the following hitherto
unpublished letter from the late Jeffer
son Davis:
“Beauvoir, )|iw„ March !«. 1884.—
Mv Dear Siic i have received your
kind letter of the 6th inat., inclosing an
(HlitoTial, ami to the inquiry you pro-
|iound to ine, rejily* that 1 have read the
article with great satisfaction and find
in it that vindication of tho true theory
of our Union which 1 waa happy to see
so forcibly present*d to the consideration
ol your readers. I d** accord very gen
erally with tho views you present,
though l do not agree that force can, or
ever did. seitlo a question of right, nor
that the state* ever siirre*nd**ied any
part of tin ir sovereignty when they
agreed to unite an l delegate enumerated
functions and powers to tho common
government they instituted. It is very
common in our day to speak of the sov
ereignty of the general government
within its prescribed sphere, and tho
sovereignty of tin* st.it** governments in
all w hich vv a* not delegated to the fed
eral government. N».w. I think that
| the true American principle is that sov
ereignty alone b<l<*ng» to the jcojile;
that government* are their agents. |»os-
alei
fig d«
J tbe
.vhicti i-vequiv-
rdiua
the
ican government nr** gie it'-r
that tend to | < rpetuate it. '
• resol u: ion was ml vocal'
Clayton Qrnllian ot DaitC'
Sharp of \\ ulibcu, ami oil"
,, - . . William Griffin of till*) la
would permit him | w w j^i,.],,.,. .N. irw(l0 d. 'Ihe
was quito intere>tiug an 1 * ■•.*: « i
niderable research on the 1 art
disputant* in prejfiring for i:. Tl
■siAent wa* rende
meet tin* approval of the audiem
withhlaiiding the :m t that u im
that the government U “going
Jllll 1C I. M.
earing upon the
lui'l tmt... 1 le.nl-
* ■, reed that Arch if’*
fining*, ana in'ghi
some; ho did notdc
fit en duo to cau^s \\ hu b
linkimw n I . (lie ) ill I.. .
vv.i • li • «I• • ubt a pity th
-lln'lld !**• Ill < 1.111 i-**1 . if ].,
1 ho Kli.f it
tho property
hands cf the B.hgh family; but li
giro no hint that ho huiicelt imn^-hsed
moro information u]Kin the stibj < t than
tU iv»i w? uw worui. Under iiirse err-
cumstancre Bobby had recourse t<» p* r-
•uasive mc.e ures for which no defenso
shall tio at tempted here. Draw mg a
fij'k from his jiocket, ho remarked:
••This easterly w.nd makes or.e feel as
if it were January; a drop of whisky
would do us Loth good, 1 think.” Ho
th* 11 ,v. li:- l- I .1 liiMtithflil from tho
silver cup, and tilling it up a r.in.h md*-*i
it to Copjard, wlio
emptied it with a sigh of appre. iation.
“Have another nqi?" said the Machin-
vliun Ih.bby ; * r: thing d>>ui>nT hold
more than a thimbleful.”
And when his invitation had lx*i*n
• cm| hr.I v\ :th In* «li l not .it on* - pursue
tho investigation with vrhlcli li- hud
li* -I- - ■ llUle p|**gu -i, hilt t.11kr*.| ;il»nit
the uo.itlu r an 1 tho paucity of fish and
ono tiling and anotlivr for
was only when theso topic
he* pretty w.-ll exhausted that ho aAcl
casually?
“What do you tliink of Mr. Chttwodo,
CoppardT
“W*I1, sir," an-iwered C>p|M«rd,
whom tho wliitky hu«l certainly dis-
|H»?,ed towarddistrustful attitudu,
“tietwixt you and me, l really don't
know w hat to think of him."
“Of course you know what people Miy
-that In* is making up to Mi.*w Blfgh.”
•'I wouldn't swear n*» jioople was
milkin’ any great mistako there, sir."
"And tlure s*cum to b* an idea —
tliougli 1 daresay it's quite an unfounded
on» -that he had bometninc to do with
getting Archie ifiighouiot the plae<*.
You had better fiui->fi that whisky, Cop-
|Nird;you look chilled. Ad for rue. 1
have been so that..uglily h iked in ib«*
tropics that cold baldly affect* m» . Yes;
that is ono of the rumors that I havo
heard.”
After draining the tl i.-W to the dregs
Copgard ruminated awhile with much
seriousness. c'« p] anl had a coiisci* nee,
and of late it had b«-cu can -mg him a
g**cd deal "t uii*-.,-iri *•■>. l**s auee fuither
ac«|uaiiiL’inc«> with Mark Chetwodo fi. d
not unproved his opinion of tfiut gentle
man. That Mr. Chet wode lovwl Mm,
t'l* -ly wilii an Ulj.vlfirdi affevlioil roa
-«* me l to him to re- .loaUful. However,
the man was a masterful man and might
hard landlord.
iplanation?’
“t ru nut prepared to rejieal ull thu
]> *4*‘i 1 in tho course of*a csHilidentiat in
d hints and
res. Oth
pei'lje, as you are probably uware, ha
also ioriiu d conjeelun-s."
‘thy should you imagine that, Mr.
Dare”
“*1 Ull you presently; anyhow, 1 do
iriinine ii. Amongst other conjecture
"lu(i havo been made, it has been con
that
of Min
* iGt.FTIIi »R1*F.
The reception <iveu Mr. R. T, Greer
and bride a few evenings sinco at the
long to l»e renieliU red. A D>untiful
supper was served, wnich was enjoyeu
t»y uD.
Judge H. K. IfirsM visited tho family
of Judge W. II. Euk recently.
Hcv. A. G. Ware.law and wife of At
lanta are here > n 1. visit to relative*.
Brof. W. B. Thcmna visited hiN|uirents
in Npartu last Hatirday and Sunday.
Col. W. H. Willis niude a business trip
to Macon a few- days since.
Mi**** * Nsll Merritt of /*ebulor> and
('holly Mulkv of Butler nre s|<* nding a
days with the family of Mr. C. U.
jeettred, you know, that yon
sb* f that you are an admirer
wqv
“kh, yen; that was sure to L
renkiketl Mr. Chetwode. com
Anuhe added, with u suuh
knot. 1 liuv*• h**.»id the frai;
aboit you?"
“fsuppoto that must ha
for** 1 went away. 1 don’t
koovinglliat 1 propettd to I;
sho rrfuspl iuc; thrro's not
tshaified of in that. But it is raid
wheth* 1 uuly r r net c! couise I can’
tall—thaiyo’.i a*a thinking of pro|M)-iri]
to Inv nos; uud that naturally civ*
rise ts a Ri*«|dcion that you may hart
ha*l nun* Aung to do with Archie's di.-ap-
I r f ic •• *
“Ahuqlcion on your j>art or <
part [of *b** iM*.gliU*rli(^*d gene
sske*i still smiling.
“Me'll full il :» mis] n i< 11 *.11 mv p i
"illingto apologize
that there is no founda
lion k r 11"
"ih ileir sir, 1 am sorry that yoi
enter lain such suspicions 'which nr
ncilhtr futtering or warTBOtablri but i
luuslre-qecUully dcclino your invitation
toprive i. negative."
Bokby lu*i M arcelv expet tod that such
an i|ivita(i'in wouhl Ls* complied with;
but Ik* hud aiioihui' shot left in his loclrer,
" hi«ji !»*• now tn- I.
“lie jijit fi. en talking tOoldCopiwrd,"
*.fi«-y will move to town.
The Social H**.»*lmg t lub had on « k*
gaol entertainment ut the 1 'plan*!.. Ho
tel Friday night. There* ".is a large at
leudaiice, and tin* reuding. rei iiution**
music nnd xnging
id Li
e Aslibi
node ov
tlu
Eastman Academy cI«sm**1 it?
L iulay evening, to resume a
11 January. I’rof. Mrozicr has
*1 opinion of Ini pairniin slid the
generally fur Ins clline
: rumor. And lie
e held ujion
would not
“jury
11 [*on u jury than
lam may thwart
n< oundrel may r
ujKiu society, ar
other murder
01 conviction ne
f >11*)". Tbvre iv
ivor <*f this. Cer-
* tie* infamous la-
moro uncertain. It
■t tlire*^ scoundrels
As 1
vil-
irn a murderer looeo
*1 encourage a scorn
■rs to con 1 inue their
<lea*lly work iu the tuqo that a “hung
jury" may iuterpoM* t**tweon them auu
the pre*|A)r vetigeancu of law.
ctu*r.
ass gave a splen-
let. lis Hall last
L.tllo Ho-lVep,"
•ccived mi-tint* *1
Althu
tiling ".is very gr*
dulging it highly •
< al nature, he still
lire duties m a im*
factory to the pun* ipuls
t
eth<U,
<M-
M.s k could not t
■ oy
uud to star..
m < f alert-
la* •* " jin'li
Ueferrlng to Wigtoi
well-known gambler in this city sa
•‘Cliarlie Wigton was a high ioII*t n:
no mistake. He w-,m a plunger. I nev
*.a" siK'li xjv.rtmg UUkmI com** out
Blul.i'b-lpliia l*efor**. 1 have -e. *i h
|<e*- u* much as jM,«x 0at one fritting. «
at a brae a guile ut tiiat."
JAYUIII FIT# II ILillT HAND.
1 of
think that Cop|>ard
id. ri a'i.m wh.< fi
I Ho
living that Jnv (iould <
| I*. nl fre.*n fit to inqiart to nu*.
1 *-\-r, l gut soui*-tl.ilig l.k*! an a*l
; 1 m Inn 1 that v u * on 1*1 I.I* li,.* wi.al
1 u.tio kii'i'v •: v " • b '*•
i M.-lk a’- on** .* >v tl.** il.iii.profa *h
re t d n I- II* m v. :*d
J “I ingl.t fjueation your right to cat**
j. lire* in*. Hr. Dare, but I wen t do that
j l • ut*.Hi. take ll.** Ills riv *»f u.ami*.
Mrs. Badger i*mufric c
dnl |s*rforiiiunce at 1
night. The ojsrettu. •
"im"nil rendfrudami 1
a pi'la Use.
\N *• have a number of Northern visi
tors here " Im are 1 harmed with our
tow n und it** delightful climate.
WHITE M l l*IH It hl'UINOr*.
Dr. \V. A. (iilhupie und Mr. J. F.
Ogletrro nr** ajs-mling the week at Mng-
n< l a farm, a large nun k farm m Craw
ford county in the Flint river bottom, U*-
longirur to tliu latter.
Miss 1 /*daTigner. after spending some
time with h* r deiiglitlul frienils. Mi-s
Hilly Blount and Mrs. J. NY. Burke of
Macon and Mim Annie Blabs k of Barnes
ville, U at home again.
Mr. F ('. Tignur, the fat re|iri*n«*rita-
live of the Empire Mill-* of Columbus,
tin., spent M .nday with hia father's
family at this place.
I.A'iKAMiK,
Tin* ladirange Light Guards will next
w***-k give a grand military fair, at
which they expect
Autl-ltfradlna.
A mM'iety has ls*»n formed in England
to dis* oiirago r-uduig and study. The
ineiiil*ers hind themselves to opixiso
|Njpui.»r eiiucation in aii ns forms, to dis
countenance public libraries, not to rctsd
more than six Usiks a year, exclusive of
agricultural and q-ortmg pa|M*nt. The
members of this unique .-Moiety are
mostly Oxford men, clergymen, .artists
or otheiwho have |>a«s«Ni a great part
of lheir lives m reading.
There is no question that to many j«er-
boiin lb** reading habit Lire r**al a vice as
tho drinking habit or the opium habit.
111 Tho young lady, for example, who
iwdlcn all «lay over a novel, wliilu her
*»th»*r toils m tli*.* kitcheii; also, the boy
ho furtively reads a dime novel when
• ought to Is* doing Ins sums, or carry-
ig "inn! iqisLiir-; likewise the unirer-
tv ntudi'iii who shirks bis mathematics
ml s|N-iuts all Ins strength u|-ui pleas-
re giving literature, ancient and mod-
alre-adv lu
mails then
Thev r;tr
f thi-so pro
;e from i
1 of tt .an
silt
1 tlat <
clji
fi<)
> bad
nly foil
that
easily provj tc
Finally, he had
at all tOOtic wb
greatest assLtai
least of it. "a*
danger of betra
to bo face«i by at
to keep out of priMui.
done, and j^rliaj^ ougfi
to put Bobu/ oti ihe »•.
•Well, sir, that's a in
I .eluding yourself,
i ungrateful. Mill, tj„.
>“ - b>«n Xv i ’ great
1 lioiivst man who wis..-,)
rrv In*"I to a ton of g *an«», from
■ lions to cliam|*ugiie, and ireun ra/or«
lowi carls, aiui they 11**11 had a coflu
• s* litcd to them, 1 guess It "ill I,
ud to get up a rattle fm the last articb 1
" ho w ss s* a 11
Doubtless the foi
iety have wrllo".
id ing. Me
Hie
. Im*
indeis of the new ■<>>
J d»-ep in the vice of
•i-vote themselves to
i'*** exclusively, ]>uss-
»r..*nco the great and
ing by witn imlil
inspiring trull;;, oi iuinIlth science, are
living lives ot M*li-indulgence, uud are in
danger of educating tin mselves into
ignorance ami moruJ irnl-ecdity.
It is not surprising that tiieso g* ntle-
ineil, cloyed with dainties, sfioubi go to
the opjNisile extreme of total alsitinence.
'lin y know not what they say. l^etthem
lay aside their spirting jiajwis und their
cm k-t fiats for awhile, and go among
tiie jNjople "ho are living tiiu ordinary
lit- ol man. many «>t wliom must ecouo-
1111 /.n 1 lo-4-ly to pay forouu magazine and
one weekly uiicr, with p^ibly on«
tsN*k at (’hrLstma-.
b t tli* m observe what tliat nmga/ine,
ttmi nujier and iliat Iiook are to an in-
telligeiil family in a country place, and
I«tfiafks th«*y will get a new light on the
U li»l arc Fggs)
rt a dir. ct an "**r. 1
of th** h* n. But thi
111** n*. -1 j erfect f«s
11 fi I It the |,l
■ i ptoport;*
naL**, lone and *|*<nd
Our Ii ) 1‘r- *lii*-ui.
J M r>.
fi.irn Mnmo ol Barnesvdle is visit-
r -' -t**r. Mr G. B. (last in.
Julia Naylor of this pla* u was
in mairiage t*j Mr. Houert V;n-
t nuusiim county iasi wwl ttev.
1 * ievil of Fort \ alley ofti* uting.
i Imurruuii euiralliallon.
'l he bibs proposed by*
r are th*
s not all;
t Ioo*i given to
u*st undeserving
o*u proloundly
nt i.et-esaary to
bo*l|es \4 found
t*gg-shell—in th*
:he tu.*t palato-
1 n< v are a nu al within them-
healthy ap;* tile ever rejected
. o.kcl and seasoned egg.
utrimer.t in its most coucen-
liet for the king
tin-
t workman, while
are not to be despised,
curative art is “too nu-
ution, but which goes to
and unapprvciated im-
iluf>pise tli*? ben t
Patti's ntfrlske,
,u, tl.e Philadelphia f*re»-,.
1 fin ago is disappotnt«**l in Patti’s fctng-
Mie made an awful mistake m
iging tiie aria from • Juliet ' instead of
"••et Violets” iu Uiat town. Her •«-
:tion Letrays the most reprel.en»ihip
or.inue of the musical taste of the
I the j
ot re.
"Just *o. The only question
fid he contrive it? ■
"Ah," said t'opf»ard, "tn**re, B rr. you,
world, ll* bn )*ori kmdne* itKl* to I " 11 *«»* '-»P» i>«eV *x-] bit* in*. Ill allow."
fcar.leo until .U returxiod. rue IU .11 ru/ (roublm, and 1 can t»lk u, 1 cUimnd ConjnrJ, juiupinu up. "Couiel -I .uppw. >«u no t Ibuk o< u; ..j |
*.orr*-*p*)nd w/in the amount ot Lu
get tu.) post. I uiiuqT ] inly: Opinions differ.
that thouKl l<e viewed with alarm by all
honest « it.^**r.-. Every oti.er means
I should Le tried before sil* h measures as
prorioeed ^r; a*iopte*l and liie #«.r*'t bal-
, lot L»w, U now fortmodt in the eye* of
> the puoplc.
KOK XF.KVOU FHOMK ITIOV
I se Huniurd’* Arid Hiuijibal*.
Dr. W, Graeves. N< rthfield, Minn.,
says: “I have us»*d it iu • .u« of nervous
prostration, an*I also m ccmbinsuon
w ith other reoiedirv ,n indigeetion, it
ha-s proved as satisfactory as could b*
i expectod.