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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. ,! r*o MACON. GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 29. 1891. THE OLD APPLE TREE. R. Coyle. In Vick's Magazine. i the old apple tree, w^cr* in boyhood 1 | In ths glad day* of spring, when the spirit r iportod. , Tt ;i BJ ht.Tt *U •* ”fh‘ ** <!•« bloMnms bulolS* maiden ennt hr the perion in .. wA'nm cep end «own inch u ledlee then wore. I thi* rude oaken bench, ’neath bending II booghe hriile the wild bee waa hunmlog 1U aong it i by < tete we children ofttl: treated lo.h.re with their iowlp, weak tea, Lrek- here are the namee of the many now I’.eering, 01 dear parent* and kindred long gone to the lombt jleoldappl i a trne friend ia heapln, STold ’oak bench theyaat on with beauty and bloom. Jolcea, When the old apple tree looks an bride. I con Id dream that I heard every < Every rudely-carved name haa a atory to tell And that trne lover's knot, I remember It well! t waa carved on the day when my first grief be- tl»e line and gazed at it wii demons, "No, this will not serve, washed out of it. la there at tent?" He re-entered the tent, The day of my parting from sweat I Oh, the old apple tree, where in boyhood I •ported. And the rnde oaken bench, they are atill In their place; But the dear household facea whose welcome I courted. They have vanlahed and left me the last in the Miss Quilt. BY B. L. FASI.tON. At the bottom of the shaft little Dick | your words," said Dick to bis sweetheart, lion looked scarcely human. To be- 'Til believe as you do, Till then I stick n with, the shaft he had eunk was to my opinion. tat us talk abouiNome- •fiv-aix feet deep, and black darkness thing eie**: I'm tick of bis very nt .'i J have enveloped him had it not Which did not in the leaataffect Lotty. She was a pertinacious young person, and she kept still a little corner in her would have enveloped U«a for the dim light ant'd by one sickly low candle—the candlestick being a flit piece of silver bark shaped like a bat, heart for worthless Ted Brayley. so that he could hold it conveniently in Imp* because he loved her ■« tii hand or stick it in the clay wall while Women are atrange creatures, be worked away with his short-handled strange ways of reasoning. Dick. Into the broad oval of this hat four■ When Dick Million and bis wife made si i had been driven, and within these up tiieir minds to emigrate and try , ‘ na j] g the candle was fixed. To go on their fortunes on the gold fields, Ted wiib little Dick Million waa literally in came to wish them good-bye, He w, “You.- ^nlcome," and with a grin J sky wero dyin handed Ted the bottle. j w ** still euflicier Ted put it to his lips and made a wry | see, bunging on face. j number of small ‘‘Tea!" he muttered, with a shudder of j lie child would disgust. "Don’t suit your complaint,” said Dick. "Not by a long way. Haven’t you got any brandy?" No, and if 1 had I wouldn't give it to you.’’ “Wouldn't you?" said Ted, without the least trace of resentment. "How’s Lotty?" drunken beast!" cried Dick, with a audden fury. “Y'ou’re not fit to men tion her name.’’ More I am—more I am; but how is aha*” The answer came from the near dis tance. Dick! Dick!" t waa Lott v'a voice, and there wav a note of trouble in it. fthe traveled almost as quiokly as her voice and reached her husband’s side. She was in evident dis tress of mind, but Dick now thought of nothing but his discovery of the golden gutter. ____ “taok here, Lotty. I have found the gutter. It will waeh fifty ounces to the tuU“ He pulled the nuggets from hie pocket and held them out to her with joy in his face. Ted Brayley stood aside, tipsily ob servant Lotty had not seen him. "Never mind the gold, Dick," she said. “Where's Geor^ie?" Where's Georgia!" he echoed. “Why, i dog. lin and his face, his hair, his body not sober—he rarely was—but ho wished ui hie ragged garments were bespat* them good luck, with hie eyes all the turd with the toil in which he had been time on Lotty’e pretty face, and with an industriously digging since sunrise. Still expression on his own which savored father, the'inan himself, as he squatted soinewhnt of pity for himself, «the ground, was in a state of the most ; This angered Dick; it was almost like excitement. In bn out- making love to Lotty while ber husband itietched palms lay some crumbling stood by. lie could not t>oaat of good lump*of earth, in which bright gold wae looks, whereas Ted Brayley wae really a flittering, and he was gazing upon this fine, handsome fellow. He touched th< sottlv. "Little Georgia's clothe*. Mis Lolly’s daughter. The domes 1 washing when we panned hei Quilt, there’s work before ti i Qullt- IIe took a small flannel petticoat off hrann ' them. i When Lotty bent child she saw that j saved Little Gentle j With her child m her au awful death, she himci! the ta«_e of Ted Brayley and bade God bless hiru. They bore him hark tenderly, nud tc 1 this day his hams i* a treasure*! remem- Toio. an.w.red j. \\( [|S OF WOMAN FAIR. er her sleeping j > man who had ! POINTS ABOUT FASHIONS AND BUS d passed awuy. OF FEMININE GOSSIP. vilh lie i which divided the hanging of green hi eleepiug from the There were two beds in it, a little cii for Georgie and a stretcher for Dick and Under the pillow on the crib was a child's night-dress. He drew it forth, kissed it and sat down on the stretcher. ".Stand Up, Miss QuilL” The dog obeyed "Listen, my faithful dog, at what I am going to sty to you. A little child has wandered God knows where, and if ah*» not found tonight she will die. We l&i’t i lion trtunre''in delirious exultation. Thera “Oood*by#,’’ said Ted, “and God bless visa sufficient reason for his frenzy, j you." Hsbid just struck the gutter. ■ iood-bye.” said Dick, adding under “If this is a fait sample,” he muttered, . hjg breath, "and good riddance to you." it will wssh fifty ounces to the tub at j Lotty stood witn her hand in Ted’a .... !,;;r.2r:d ttlbl ihatrsta will I ••T,t. ni | .*i b« 8,000 "ounces. Twenty thousand pounds! Hoorah!” Poor Man’s Gully had been rushed six months ago, and in less than a month it ivanned with gold-diggers. Dick Mil lion biosalt was the discoverer. Tramp ing thither with bis wife and child, a trettj little girl scarcely 5 years old, he t^t about prospecting and had found gold. Hat in large quantitiea hut in hia judg ment the indications w.r* pro... 1 .;—?, ind hs had let some mates at a distance into the secret. "They circulated the b#wsgild.ng it richly, and “Kush, O!’’ •u the cry. But the other miners wsre doctn-d to disappointment. With the strrution of Dick Million’# claim only a Uw specks here and (her* were found, acl Dick Million’s earnings wera nothing to boast of. He made at the most two nines* a week, and thie lasted but a short time. The new gold field did not haves name, and the disappointed dig gers christened it "I'oor Man's Gully,’ and then began to scuttle away aa fust ai they bad flown to it Dick Million, however, did not loee faith in it "There's gold al»out," he aaid to hie wifs. "nnd I’in going to atick to IN Mar/* Gully till 1 fiud It" “All right, Diok," aaid hla wife. "You’re not often wrong." A few other miners, though with h faith than Dick, also stuck to it and scattered themselves over the hills and gullies and marked out elaiois and sank ihafls with dispiriting result* Tbair turner* gradually thinned, one and an other dropping away to seek a new Torn Tiddler's ground, and at the present time i ation of I’oor Man’s Gully com prised forty souls, all told. Dick Million was idad for their sake* that he hud jus tified himself. True, their faith was lukewarm and hla was steadfast, but ho had in a measure lured them to 1 oor Man's Gully, and now bo was in a por tion to award them. He had b en in Victoria six years, and - i.Uo- Uiu-bler wav I torn in the col ony. YVith that exception he bad met with ill luck hitherto, but hia little Georgia (short for Georgians) waaanug- get far more precious than the largest t >t fortunate gold-Ui^grr ever found, more precious even than the "Welcome'’ i- igK**t. winch had le«u sold for $1U.0 *0. A hundred thousand would not have parchaeed little Georgia of him, aud supposing aa impossibility, and that ho *u willing to sell her for a hundred thousand, there wae his wife, who would have turned her beck upon all the gold that has been dug out of tbe l>oweis of the earth since the creation, and hugged her darling Georgia to her breast to pre vent her being spirited away. U|«on this point, and upou moat others, Dick Million and bis wile wera in |wrfect ac cord; bat there waa certainly one upon vhlcb they did not agrees Ten years ago ia the old country, by which endearing term England ia huown to all Englishmen in the Australian coin- Qiee, Mrs. Million, being a maid, and a petty one into the bargain—else where ehoutd Qeorgie have go ther good looks? — hid half a dosen sweethearts, two of the tnoet earnest of whom were Dick and a c an oliler than be, by name Ted Hray- lev. Now, Dick waa aa honest, steady, (Ijddiag young fellow, and Ted Braylsy **• *h out-and-out scamp. He was a dissipated, idle, worthies* fellow whom to efforts could reclaim, and it was per haps his misfortune that he had a bit of Bcney, This be ran through quicaiy, *1 tut an income of XHo pounds a year, Did to him in quatterlv installment-, tad so Mghtlv guarded that it was out of tie power to dispose of the capital; other- vtise be would soon have squmdsrsJ it. He bad, however, one good snot in him, beloved Charlotte Littlowo**!, Mrs. Mil- Jlon’a maiden name, wub a wry genuine *® f A Had not Dick Million t*en in tbe *»y, it ia not at all unlikely that she *' ilJ have married bun and tried to re claim him, and thus have insured herself a lit e of misery. Dick etood first. and kia she chose, pitying Ted all the while, Wd having at the boiiom of her heart e •Beskin* regard for him. hhe and Dick Qil not agree In their estimate of Ted Dick could see no good at all in him, * '• declared that be wae utterly, Iree- OMmably a bad lot. 1 ott J shook her head, and declared on tr -* °tLor hand that ib.rc was a great ^'*1 (u admire in T«< nod that if he bad b* i proper guidance n his yeuth be * ou ’“ 1 have turned oat a worthy aad good ■a Mjd. and added boldly, bocause it was said in innocence, "try and be a better man, so that 1 may think well of you." and you only,” said Ted, gloom ily, "could have made me a better mao. But I don’t blame you, 1 don't blame you." Ha turned away, and that waa the last they saw of him in the old country. She hasn't been home all day,” re plied Lotty rapidly, "and I've been so busy washing that I hardly missed her. She went away this morning, saying she was coming to you, and she knows her way so well that I didn't stop ber. She's done it before, you know." “Y’es," sa d Dick, gazing around in a bewildered fashion, but f haven't seen her." “Mr God!" cried Lotty. “She must be lost! iiV four hours now since she went. O, Georgie, Georgie!" “Don't lose ./our head, Lotty,” said Dick, thinking ;.o mere of hie gold. ••We’ll soon find her. Come alon&” Tiiey turned in the direction of their tent, and Ted, accompanied by his dog, Miss Quilt, followed tr.em leisurely. “Who'* Georgie?" he asked of himself, as he went along unsteadily, “Mies Quilt, who's Georgie?" By this time Dick and his wife wera out of sight. That's a nice way to treat an old friand," said Tad, pausing. What do you say, Miss Quill?" .Miss Quilt wagged bar tail again. “There's a tent at the foot of tbs hill yonder," said Ted, still addressing his dog, "and when we patted it a couple of houri ago I saw a woman washing head i Georgia lit Mi*a Quilt talks to hsr of th d grave i dwelling in whic and swaei « an.i her husband aad <• child often siu down i head in her lap and within sight of th( she is growing up to i uanhood. nrmriNt rsn ir*NTS' KYI u. That was six years ago, and now Dick Million was squatting at tbe bottom of bis shaft, delirious with the excitement of hie discovery. He had eunk the ebaft alone, having only the ocraeioaai aeeiet- ance of hia wife, who bad grown strong In the free air of tbe gold fields, and whs would stand at the windlass for a couple of bourn a day, hauling up the stuff which Dick had dislodged, Under such conditions the digging of the shaft had been a laborioua job, but Dick waa tbe sort of man who made light of difficulties. When bis wife not with him Dick would make the rope last and look the handle of the windlass, leaving aufiicienl loose rope hanging down the shaft to enable him to reach the bottom. Lar*e foot holer, in tin sides of the shaft assisted hisdeecent, and wero of still greater assistance when he climbed hand over hand from bottom to top. ‘ontrolling his excitement, Dick set to work u|K>n a farther examination of the golden gutter he had discovered. It was wide euough for riches, from eigh teen to twenty-four inches, and every inch he laid bare sparkled with gold. He pit ked out a number of nuggets from a |*«nny weight to an ounce, and pr-t- entiy hi Caine upon one which could not have weighed less thau seven or eight find her, if hear? Do yon uni dog, good dog! Now from this tent, you an don't lend mo to little look tno in tho face ag tin le enveloped Mm Qu ht-dress, *,nd when ho remove ! It the do* whiiiHil restlessly and looked intel ligently at his master, and tnen nwved to the door. "Can you do it, my dog?" Mi»a Quilt jumoed up to his shoulder id barked, seizing his trousers wth her teeth she pulled him toward the open door. “Good. We'll pay for the picture of little Georgia and for the liquor 1 have pilfered." They passed out of the tent, the dog leading the way. It was not quite dark. For a moment Miss Quilt stopped, with nose in the air, and then she made a sudden bound forwnrd. Ted followed, her, but bis movements were net so rapid as her* "Gently, Mine Quilt, gentlv. Remem ber that I cannot see in the dark." Tboy met no ono on their way. Those who were searching for the child hunting in other directions. For an hour anu more they walked on, Ted stumbling sonoetiosrs over obstructions he could see. but always picking h'mself up chi Arruwatloss the « blnri« Bring Against tlse Christian .Vllsa onartas. From tbeSaa Fiaunaco Examiner. Tbe mob* in < bins are attempting to nrive out th* foreigners because the < hi des# believe thatt e Christians kill native babies and compound a medicine out of their littlo almond-shaped eye* This i* a porn >n of the startling infor mation brought to this oity by Rev. A. 1*. flapper, the veieran American I*resby- termn missionary. He also tells a>»out the horrible outrage* and the destruction f the life and property of foreigners in h«»ui suburban Nritl< uv tie Happy In Mnnm r perlence of an \rt Snasn Sr w Faatalo Macon D getting a* feel that eh* so stupid about comprehending it—a- ry husks v\e usually feed them up-1 hat the wind *oi tbe seed that i would rather norer have aeon me at all, ■ really, than to eoi> mo heah like thi*" And then I left, but I think the girl wot «ary lrngth 1* i the reed that tho wind u the seed that the Chit The reason why tbe Chinee* persist heir hoaiilitit* toward foreigners and don tries," said Rev. Mapper, at the :identai hotel eerterdny, "is easy to dam. A calumny, which was origi nated >on»* generations ago, has beeu traveling ever since over China. It is to tho effect that all white foreigners, and especially the line-innartes, who are phy- aicisns to Conic extent, make their luedi ciues out of Uhinen* babies, It ia told that tha Christians take the babire secretly by night into the dark rooms in their houses and there kill the young ones aud with a sharp kuife cutout the eye* and other portions of tbe infantile anatomy. Then they mix the stuff up in a pot with cheuucsls aud make medicine and pluck are goiog tln.se exquisite suh borders of one of our prog land towns. Then • Xpauses of park I things io wri 1 who knows e as pleasant tint i Boi . stioil through Franklin Dark, lovely ground* of 000 acres in extent, a half hour’s ridei.iit from the “Hub: Whale host of ihir-y people congre gate at the park spring ! And It is worth a pilgrimag*-. too, to dip the tin cup dj i tlu draughts—yee, ev S ouiaihsnnd pal.i Wonderful email liach to the w : alwa of it. > often "Most Chinese have heard this and so long mat they now believe it implicitly. Their ground for this belief is the fact that tho Catholic priests vol untarily bury a large number of Gbin«-a* deed, particularly children. The priests baptize many irfante just before death, aud then give them a C hristian burial. They alao, of courae, bury other Chinee* babies that die in Catholic orphanages. "Tbe small buryiug grounds near the churchen will not suffice to receive all mnlit r, in the minds of a few people—"' ranks, ‘ a suhkeeper called them --who daily bring their jars anil till 'em up Hgain, whilo rich old .>loth< turn smilingly foots the bills, prtng crnyroi prrtam**l air o,l the feathery ball to fair from tho t! >werof beauty r be mmd that the wind Lofts Lad'os who are traveling will be glad to meet with tbe basket trunk, which ia tnado of strong wicker, covered with stout water-proof canvas, and hound with leather. It ie fitted with a tray. The usual length ia twenty-four inches, be had at ihirty-tbree inches. It porlauona. s of the late i Traveling hats of soft straw have a ta pering indented crown, with brim rolled nigh and close on the side*, like those of Kuglieh walking hats. They come in brown rough straws to wear with tan or beige wool dresses, and are also made of light checked «ools of tailor gown ». A band of ribbon ditched I from the seed that the wind around the f the loft, or < Perhaps two band. Soft shaped have ! aha Mat bov ppc all wings a mod t of die A few trough I'Jaystead, ju»t off the driveway easy atop* lead do a n to th*- «ioi or ciateru. which is prole, ted by on arrn way. hie in thu shelter of a clump c treat nnd ahruboery. The i» r brick, with a email iron graliu^ throu , which the water spilled by the drtnkei rtpe. olhea. Her hack waa turned toward mo and 1 didu't know it was lx>tty. If 1 wo**ld h«*s aakad bar for a drink, go there, Mise QuilL But who'* Georgie. eh, my dog?" In addition tc tho nian'a gait being un steady, he seemed to be in a weak con dition; therefore they made but elow E rogrees, and it was auite half an hour •fore they reached Diok Million's tent •This is it, Mias Quilt," said Ted. "Let This littfo way house for an «rm> by the way, the park is th* these frllowe. A long eup|K sound of his voice, the growing weak ness of which made no imprestion upon him. On they went, and another hour passed. "Aro you euro you are right, Miss Quilt? We have been out a long lime now, and Lolly is growing more and more anxioux She ia a mother, my dog, aud wo aro going to find htr child for hsr that assuring bark. "i’oor Man's {tally, indeed'.”said Dick. “Why, if this goes on long enough I shall he a millionaire!'* The fortunate discovery had come just in time. Dick being pretty well at i!h* end of hia resources; but he waa all right now. He could inako certain of 100 ounces at least, even if the lend ran out; if it did not, there waa no telling what be would be worth before a month waa over. At the end of an hour Dick pro- f ared to climb upward to earth's surface, Uf pockets were tilisd with loopt of the golden gutter, and with small nuggsts, which, with the large one he had un earthed, would probably makt up a total of twenty ounces. A capital beginning. Up ho climbed, grasping th# ropo firmly with his clay-crusted hands, and ecram- hled to the surfaces It waa now within an hour of sunset, and he believed himself to be alone. The canvas lent in which he and his wife and thair little Gtergle lived waa a quarter of a mil# away. In order that in Ilia ahaeuae ahould be able to get without difficulty to th* bottom of be shaft, he detached the rope from the and alung it acrose his shoulder. Then, turning his face toward his taut, he sew that he waa not alone. Upon a hillock of rubble, some l*n yard* from where he stood, sat a man. and by the min, gazing at her master with patient, loving eye*, stood a dog. "Hello, mate,"aaid Diok. "ilelio, ' responded the man ia a thick voice, and looking up revealed to Dick Million the face or Ted Brayley. by, Brayley !" cried Dick, who woe "Dick Milliou!” cried Ted. The dog hatk«d. "Be quiet. Mis* QuilL" "Well," said Dick, "vou re the last man I should have expected to see in these "Sam* to you." said Ted. He rose, and then Dick perceived that he «u drunk. "Ah," said Dick, his bitter feelings against Ted reviving, "the same old i.l Ted. t "When he doe* aosnethiag to prove old game. iteadilr, "tbs earns much longer, Dick. .... Louked." ihc man was a perfect wreck. Hia hrnbe trembled, hia eyes were bloodshot, hia lips l» itched. Dick Million was in tatters, certainly, but they were honest, re»t<*ctahle tatters, of wbifb no uiaa need have been ashamed. Ted Brayley * Ut ters nrre disreputable io the last degree, and with his shaking limbs and blood shot eyes proclaimed hia degradation All at once Ted ob#*rs#d a bottle stick ing out of the pocket of Dick’s blue guernsey. “I'm in luck," he aaid. “Give an eld pal a drink,'’ if eh No one was about He called for Dick aud (ben for Lotty. but received no an* awer. Unceremoniously he lifted th* canvas door and entered, Mise Quilt fol lowing him gravely. On the rough man telshelf was a photograph of a li.tle child. He took it to his hand and gazed at it in the uncertain light, for it waa now sunset and night waa coming fast. “It looks like Lotty when she waa a little child,” he said. “Did you ever soon aweter facs?" Miaa Quilt gave an affirmative bark. “Y’ou're a nog of discernment, Mise QuilL I'll match you against a human." lie put the photograph in hia pocket "Long ago, my dog, 1 lost my moral sense. Dirk Million behaved like a bruts to me, calling me a drunken beaaL Well, that may be. but he might have wrapped it up civilly. They are happy together, Mise QuilL and 1 don’t inland to htay to introduce discord, nor will 1 stay where l'tu not welcome. So away we go, you and l, before they come back, Where to, eh, Mise Quilt? God knows, I've come Li th* end of my tether, my dog, and the game's up. Amen! 1 was m-ver nnv good to anybody that I know of, ami it ia quite iu well that I have reached tho last page of an ill-written book. This picture, which is the plcturo of Lotty whm she waa a little girl, 1 lake way with ms, having no right to it. It isn't ac honorable action, ia it? but I'm going to do it and riak the conseqnencoa. But it ia really puzzling, is it not, who Georgie can be? What's this? Half a bottle of brandy! We’ra in luck, Mies QuilL Spoils o( war. 1 appropriate iL Take a drink, Mtse Quilt" He went through the performance of pretcudiag to give Miss Quilt a loeg pull at the bottle bv putting it to her mouth with tbe cork in IL Miaa QuilL who stood on bar hind legs to reach th* corked bottle, dropped on all fours when the pretense was naished, and instantly began to roll about as though she were drunk. Hht lurched on one aid* then on th* other, then rolled over, then dragged heraelf to her feet again and stumbled tipsily-about with a most perfect imitation of a dog who had taken mere than was good for bar. Tad Brayley shook with laughter at ths performance. Well, done. Miss Quilt— ;11 done," he cried. "There’s a fortune waiting for you on the stage But vou mast raforn; your ways, m^dog. This sort of thing wi 1 never do." He took the cork from the bottle and put the liquor to hia mouth. It «aa a long urine ami us vuua m uc«p bteavii after it. That done, 1 am a man again. Come Miss Quilt, lei ua go." With the photograph in bis pocket and hugging the bottle cioee, he went out of he tent, Miss Quilt, now somewhat re- :over*d, .reading on his heels. A digger an toward the tent and stopped at sight of Ted and the dog. "Has she com* back?” asked the man breathlessly. "Haa who come bock?" inquired Ted. "t isorgie." “And who may Georgie be- It s what I’ve been asking Miss Quill thu last hour and more. ’ "Mra Million's little gtrL She’s loet— wandered away half a dozen hours agu If she's got among the Nuggety Ranges, l^jrd have mercy upon her ! «»uo* you get in. there's no getting out, unlees an angel shows you the wny. Dick Million and hia wife are almost mad. Every man in the gully ie searching for the litU< •Vn are on the trail, 1 am sure. Y ou are not the dog to de ceive a master who loves you. 1 do love you. Mias Quilt—nnd Lotty—nnd little Georgie. What are vou atoppiog for? Don't say you’va loet it, or I'll nevar be lieve in dog or woman again, either in this world or the next. You don’t think you bavx You ■(■ j>i« fniiug for S*>S*<r- thing. What ia it? A men’s boon U aa strong as a dog a, I hope. On, a jump, is it? Here goes after you." lle jumped, in clumsy fashion, because of his increasing weakness, after th* dog, and fell floundering into a turbulent creek, lie scrambled out aa well aa he could and raaohed tbs opposite bank. They were mounting a stoop and rocky range, an 1 whan they got to th* top they plunged into a valley, covered w ith hnge boulders; then up another range of a similar kind, aud down another valley. Many n wound did Ted receive ns he fol lowed Misi Quilt; th* blood ran down hia leg’*, but hs did not few I the pain. "We are among tbe Nuggety Ranges, I •iippo'i*. I rornember rrading of two strong tnen being found dead in these parts, having been entangled in this stony wildernees of the val!*y aud mounL and unable to find their way ouL I’oor little Georgie—poor littU Gsorgie! O, the littI** lender feet, the bewilderment, the despair! What i* this you are thrusting into my bund? A child* shoe! Georgie V Then yoU are on the right road, uy d«*g! •), Gvorgie, Georgie! O, my Po<«V child! There is » : light in the sky, Thank GnJ, the moon ng out Come quirklv—quicnly! Angela of mercy, drive it forth!" The faint light broa lened. grew brighter, end now the bright iu<>ou asded forth in peace and iuaj<*ty. The scene around them was indeecrihably wild aud .jestic. Far as he could see stretched great hills and valleys of disin’egr.sleO rocks, all so much alike as to baffle the judgment which sought to fiud a road to safety out of tuetn. They had been out now at least four hours and Ted's limM trembled and his heart fluttered at the thought that a chihl of tender years must surelv meet her death m these wild regiona Happily tbeir search wae soon to come to an end. Mua QJilt ran forward wi<b ths swift ness of a deer-hound, then ran back and whined pitifully. Ted went forward and saw. stretched upon the ground, the body of a iitt!* giti. lie fell upon his knees by ber aiJe. Her clothing was literally torn from her; there was blood upon ber, her sweet face waa white aa death, "O, Georgie, Georgia! O, my puor, poor dear! But is si.e dead? U, Goo, for Lo.* ty’s sake let ber live!" He rubbed her hands, her limbs, her body; he took tbe pilfered l*ottl< brandy from bis pocket and chafed her ' thet tb the spirit, and succeeded in forciug | that a Brttiau '#w drop* down her throat. 11 anton. I he ‘ 31 tea Quilt! Miss Quilt! ‘ he cried, in a were all notiru ice choked with joy. "She breathe*— j to meet at a < uw ay it* baskets. THE FIRST MURDERS. "A Coftneee who waa carrying some baskets m a small town up tbe river from Sbonghat was stopped by a crow.L Ilia bask au Mapped and oa* of th*m broke o|*#%*ipexposed three infanta' bodies, whllll be was carrying away for burial. Theory was started that he woe taking tS !?*• f•»?•••■»•»» io h»»« their eyes made Into medictue. “That was the beginning of the present riots, for tb* crowd, screaming ‘death to lb* Christiana!' raided the houses of at*- sionarise ia th* town that afternoon and killed !«.. fn- lG min a ' "On** a young missionary—an F.n gliahtae: knotted down bv a blow skull was crushed and hia brains spat tered about. Tub other w.a chased fate a pond and stoned to death. Th* mis sionaries’ Itoiik** were looted and the cuilom office was attacked. "The riots spread through the towns all along the river and even to Canton, away to the south. Tha estimated value of p*o|>*rty destroyed is I’JO.OOO.OOO, and all the damage was done during tbe month of Jun«. The foreign residents believe that the riots have oeen kept up by tho secret brotherhood of Kolo, for ths purjios* ot generally twenty-live or thirt/ whe< seen tr repose, while tin ashing dow n th - dust tb* road ways much as tbeir fathers might do at tho roadside ion. but with on# port ant difference. After a short often aniniiiti'd dinmsdon aa to lb * i its and demerits ol their machines perhaps a "lav- iff" oa tbe wo dy •• I opposite, they pa*a on, while others and take tneir place*. She—“Oh, don’t you think Miss row ha is tho nicest girl in the world?" He—"Why, yee, of course, if you think so." ghs—"And her eyes! Oh, don’t you think they are splendid?” He—"Very." She—“And hasn’t she the cutest little mouth nnd the kindest, de.irest face?” He—“Y’es, indvd." Site— ‘And nuch beautiful complexion! And what hair!" Ho—"Very beautiful." Sho—"And, then, isn’t she graceful, nnd dousuT she waltz divinely?" He—"My, vox" Sue—"And isn’t sho the sweetest, turtiKt in th* it* similarly ribbon loops for iinng, or e se wint« ribbon loops are ted like outspread sail* on each side, single Ja.go windmill bowr ol loops nter knot nearly covers the left side. A pretty aud inexpensive costume ia of heliotrope wool dotted with white and made with darker silk sleeves, collar and cuff*, theno overlaid with very narrow silver braid. Tho hem on the plain bell- skirt ia turned up on the outside, fared with the silk, and covered with seven rows of tho braid. Another simple dress is of white dotte I «wi« muxlin, figured all over with p;ile violet flowers, und made with violet silk cieeves, vest, and vory narrow silk frilln on the skirl hem. The dotted muslin whs very wide, of ex cellent quality, but it cost only 63 cents a yard. lie—"S’es, indeed." She—"And don't you think she knows an awful lot; and don't you-oo-ooo ooo t-b-t-nk ?'* He—“Why, wb; bel?’ in ihf getting the present Chinese gote A really beautiful piclu 1 but on* Util* no iced, ia the tb<a of sheep grazing on the hiiUiJr* under ti * watohful eves of a al>»pb< rd and In* mil » dog. The fold is onS. ar..oro lid 1 ... I here the animal* ara gathered at son- doww or earlier. All da> long th . »hep herd 'site, with* pci .sec# whhn i. aim- t Mnaeratintable, dreaming pe/hap. of In* own Grampian hills—for ha i* iintnr * f the British lalua, brought hither about three years ago to len I, for Ih- pm i n*~ i of education, a Ihor-t.ghly idd NS..1I1 aspect to a portion of the civ's big farm. Johnnie Clark is rent7 devo* d to hi* faithful aad Intelligent dog. and the am imal reciprocate* all the ntlvction. "Ho save* me a deal of trou de and ru*u, steps." said the shepherd. Just thru of the sheep, be..ring their hlea 1 - 1! I t-h-o 1-o-v-e-d me, Tom." He—“Why, so I .la" 8h#—"W-e-l-l, then, how r to talk ao a-b-o-u t t- 'n-a-t ii o-l-d u-g-l-y Brown# girl! Telegraph. matter, Via- g-h-t y-o-u The girl with white shoe* ia a new feature of the > ear. Whore alts came from, whither sho gooth, is a wonder, but the moat importaut subject for a£#c- ring* immaculate, and just how y pairs one can wear out in a month. When tan colored shoes first appeared il into trouble with other nations. Th* ob ject of tha organization, which haa a vast membership all over ths northern two-thirds of the empire, is bslieved to be the ousting of tbe present Tartar dy nasty and the placing in power of the old native dynasty. "I have lived aa a missionary forfortv* seven ye *ra in < anton, hut in all that tints I never knew ths nii-sion*Hos aud other foreign residents there to be in as much danger as they were in on the day 1 hoarded the steamer to coni* to this country, which was the 2J day of last nt * lamb# which were confined in th# shs.l \ \ been mnrked tg occurenc^x Wing-po sn.l "Th# preceding day by various tinea'.. Emissaries came frt Shanghai spreading tl foreigners and inciting the |>e< pie. Great placards were |>o*ted on the walls of the houaea throughout Canton. Thi# all excited the people greatly, for the near by, mads a their kida, bu’ th# dog. with awtit judg ment as wall aa mot.on, hsadad the u off, and apparently #atlafi«-d them of he in utility of escape, for they settled d<*wu again to nibUfng tha xrsen grata The flock embra.es 170 sheep with fifty- seven Inmbx Tbe yield of wool u eon- sidsrable, and, Os the shearing la per formed by the shephstd, tb* iinomu from thia source is no doubt comuderao!*. * Journal, aa usual, n, and thus tolls 1 luuimer: > thli 1 the< utlar n i do not belong to tbe a«c brolUei Th# Ladie#’ Hon eqttii t<> th# oocaaU how to be happy in S«wk cool, shady nooka Read tb# laieet books Throw fancy work «w»r. Wear lightest, lowest shova Ride at morn and walk at tv.*. Belie vs that waiters are human. I*t hate b« light .nd bonnets airy Think tb« beet possible/.? all men - F.achew kid gloves aud linen Collars Hurry nevar, thus being at leisure A writer in tbe New Y’ork Herald re lates this: I saw a curious bit drarua of Ufa the other day. and ttsosmsd to st4*d ont the mote affectively for haf< »■*;, jm..!! m it was. a certain historical bookgrotto l ! xu taking a *•* ■ Ik'!* Sixth avenue restaurant. T!:r» waiters were negroes, and from the time I went 1 had looked at th# head waiter with terest. He wai an elderly man. with th* patient, subdued, gentle courtesy that told a story of "befo' de wah," and that affected th.* .diameter ..f ths very wrinkle* in hie ancient, well brushed drat# coat, lie established, or rather h# allowed his wlllingnee# to establish, rela tions of an idciliy Intimate character with Ihe patron* of tlie place, utterly servant-like, and yet prepared to not# your teats and ratar to them with the devotion of friendship. When I »se half through with my tnsal, two young women, with ths air of ladies, entered and set down near me. I could not help overbearing their talk, quiet ne it win. and it»<»oii appeared that ttiev belonged to th* ever increasing army of girl bachelors that have taken the town. They were student* at the Art league. Tlie Imad waiter stood near by; then hs cams and changed tbe glssa of celery for a fresher one. Then cne of the young women asked him to have a certain win dow lowered ;>t th the nerves of all but swells larnde in them, but the glaring white- • of the latest fancy promises to be strain on anything but poekstbooka That they'll ever he generally worn is not puemble. White hosiery b a fashionable tendency, but few women are predis posed in that direction. Then tn#y sen easily, and last, but most important, anything over a two-and-a-half-slzed foot in a whitewashed shoe looks Uke the pedal of a very while elephant. A bright red Chinn silk, nl&0o«tfe» mode with a fnil front and tUm Mi ft with ft tiny row of bkok fkn» » £2, *S JESftJSr«a* 1 Y*gg« Medici colJar aod s girdle of Meek < High «o*t aleevex Htriped week are picked op at tho close of the —assn for to to fiO cents that have been 70 to 80 cento. On* of blue and beige stripe# la sr-iected for a pretty borne gown for the fslL lb* skirt baa a blue valval border, headed with a half-inch t».nd of gUt gal* loon. Tb* bodice baa a yoke and ooreelet of vslvsv. edged with gilt; and tbe high sleeves have two rows on tb* wrists. Striped woolen good * are now picked up in short dross inngth* for a skirt and alcoves, and a l*ask of plain material, trimmed with silk gimn, worn. A laven der cashmere, trimmed with a flounce of Imre on the bodice edge and wrists, and a narrow jet heading will make a dainty homo gown (or a blonde. 1 jioited by n rposo from an rlergyn apre d broi “A>. the ptaca nt secretly for the purj her cities. Aa n Chrieti would not like '0 stats j 11 on those pap-r* and i»L On# of them tt at I saw was of th o*t awful description. It began with is ntatemnut that on a certain day of i«> seventh month th# flesh of Christ nuld bo eaten, and that the popu'ot e ould arise and put out the foreigners Drees in cambrics, lawn* aud gii with launlr. fruit id the aaid to of ths r the kle a little oft, ol i hoping y night you ^“Me^aaid the com# from Temn knew l wa* South* of th* bouth do you girl nleaeantly. “I > follow • foreign resident* of ing them to prepare t He lavish and fanx Court the sea breeze,hut xvoi sandx i^it melons precede and hern tbe er skfa-tL More up the sweet and give aiuall place to the hitter. Remember that seeming idisnee* is soul time* gam. Linen to ms t rsak of tho waves in stead o tbe fog horn. Retire when in the mood, and ait««* when ioo*l inclined. bend flowers t«> the living; ki..d thoughts hastily •n charge •Cl ot l! taking the plain at the girl, •Sho marry ." he added. old 1 ny youu girl held out her "Why. my mother alwayi people *0 much, ’ *l*e ■ iprtnging to htr unaaultr. raretl v wanted to kn ; the after the fir Ivor could j ^ ol, ° II*’!. ad tl.l frit os*ary to advance fresh n«taucrs to prove the barbarou* brutality • ith which the Russian authoritie# pro- red agsintt the Jew*, but even after all u heard on thu subject, the ci lent, rejKirUd in the Her- ! tuau papers, will not fail to make an un- prswiou e vary where: “In Ht. l*eteraburg III. He wae gone, nnd Ted and Mies Quilt wore left aioos. Tbe bright rolen of the . Yellow Ike alii , v» hat darkne*i not yet! I >nu*t hi s ths hrouglt a he said. The old ane 1 hard t the bamts 0 ntrol and defcrenct t to the Orthodox church [ i» serving his os a soldier. Hu brother, • w fi 0 remain* a Jew, and is a widower, ha* j livid for year* at Moscow with bis young ! . hiMren. He ley seriously ill, when _* •hurt time ago hs received an order lo quit I the iu«n. He *ent for bis brother at Sb ••burg. after hi* child .ching. g °Byahi * bock, my etieugth i of will he arretted the elected. nng • l all hi . furtUer r Quilt, my dear doggix listen to me. With you reals my salvation. With you rests my salvation for an ill-tpsnt Ufa Take this *hoe in your mouth. tjouJ, my dog. goo U Harry swiftly to tha isnt m l bring hills Georgie * mother here. Hurry — burry! Now, go!" led prssssu tb* form of the little girl to him to give her warmth. "i irorgis! Georgia* Can you hear?" "Yes," faintly whupeied ibe lit»G- 00a "Who ia it: 1 am so nrwd, so U/ed! "Mother will «oon be hers, psL Have I . patience—patience! I r * The brandy be administered to hc-r ' of the overpowered btr mum, and * he u; »u hears hta arm* aa.tefx , major T he night ptaeed, the eastern ikies were celebr filiwi with light. Over the ekony ridge* | bouse •I’ll nail on the** ladie-." h* 1, os he felt hi* and ap- died the next day. To* two orphans with hint to nd tor a short ums waa S>on, however, a police- , M «,red «D‘I h»n.M him »n oiiUr ol fur th. iwu J,wi.b thil'ltta of bro'h.r, .ho .tr. undtr >M, r.rt to If. t'». h to lb. Poli.h birth- of thtir l.lbtr. In hi. .l«tp.r.tiOQ u|«erior, that he ulj «io 1 --e went on silently for <)U foi rpbs judge that taken were < trouble Kklo voce, j lh| 1, im*-.y— , The girl ,U j.| •ielaiQed i Petersburg, frera until ompi 1 the sound of onxioro roaoec and tbs 1 of Ihe Gtmu mountains nating with th** d.*iig ibe • ilouMf that Ja k I | tom l * chiidxen 1—thoagb, »Wange to *ay, ws are 1 hint, say to b«u UieuJ, 1 suppvw the governor geieralof ■loss not belong t*> the tntellec- rr of (hr British ariitocracy. He wcrioc-tl oa what the boys cnli a «A>J fellow, and ia a popular and og nobleman, enjoying life »e most. U# sour* into Canadian -nd pasumea with edifyiftg vigoi _ i

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The weekly telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1885-1899, July 29, 1891, Image 1