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ivoii xvm Atlanta, ga., Tuesday 1NG, JANUARY 19, 1886. PRICE FIVE CENTS. COMPLETE PAPER. .... The i * ^TinmoN goes toiu rcad**r. this wotk freighted richly with news And Rnp»Jj>. "Th# Story of Th® Storm,” Its death and ifcstrartion if graphic aiIytoW4“T!ie UniiiK* of Congress" are Condtnx'l in agreeable^bape. "The Now* or the Old Wot id” makes an interesting chapter. Tal mage d! courses on "The Choice, of n 0ttslmn«l.** 1'nder our War stories is told »*Hosv 1 nop Men Died In Forty Minute*," *Hosr the First Shot of the War Wat Fired,'* and vnri.us other incidents. ’ Our list of‘‘Success- ful Farmers" is continued with several striking Il lustrations and our series of pspers on "Tobacco l’luntli g" is beguu. Thethinl installment of Mrs. Burnctoitory and "Ills Mysterious Enemy," n thrilling story make up the romance of the Week. "Two Bear Hunts" make two chapters Of adventure and "A Giant Story" Is thrilling And exciting. Mr. M. M. Folsom ha« a sketch telling stout Christmas in the old days. Zander ‘"Pictures In Strange. Land" is Charming stories of life In Korea, some wonders of China, and farming in Norway. "Oar Knowl edge llox" is fbll, "The Woman* Kingdom" i| delightful tnd"Our Young Folk’s Corner" cosy g* It should be. * Next Wag's Constitution will boa very strong number. Mrs. Burnett's story, "Mnelt Ado" will he concluded. "Forty Minute* at Ifodsoas," a pathetic story Of a wife’s love, will bo printed. Dr. Talmage will discuss "The Duties or Wires to^flnslmnds," and the whole number will be t f*The Heat Constitution Ever Iwneil, Don’t fall to get it by subscribing at once. You will regret If yon miss NEXT WEEK’S CONSTITUTION. / A NOVELETTE. ~ By Francis Hodgson Burnett. fCopyrlgtitCd lS95.br H. B. McClure, All Bight, lletorvcd.) PABT lit ’« (oNTijeciiD most last week. “Me doe, not like to speak of him, poor fal low,'' sold Mri.Huntlngton once. “Me feel, too deeply' that alienee la l*tlor. -How few men there are Who would not foeMomptort to con fide in u, and tell tho whole story. It!, most dolliuto and generous. One Is forced to admire and respect him.’’ It wus Impossible to keep Intact tho rule of not reforrlng to Mr. Jack Hamilton. It was impov-ddn'to Ignore him—to rid tho atmos* cousins superb liorsca with an air of entire pro-; prieloi ship. Thoy could not go to church with out finding themselves either before, behind or hesidi him Ho soomed to be invited to oceu-' py n h at in every pew within a few yards of iheni. They could not Accept nn invitation vritln it lieiugraro of seeing him loom npaboro Ibe fcrests of ordinary size and make himself a gort of focus for nU'wandcring eyes. “I suppose," Mrs. Huntingdon said, “pjople jeccivc him for bis consln’s sake. And It is more than prolablo that they do not know all." She did not herself “kuowall.” Nell did not till her "all." Since there seemed no hell* ior It, why should she tell her that she was thrown with Mr. Jack Hamilton contiou ally m.d tliat she had gradually learned to understand that his apparently accidental ueanitts to her on all occasions was the result of deliberate intention on his part, and that he nirneutered with nsrnucb forethought, dexterity and determination as if he had bceu ngenei ii advancing upon n citadel. It was ibis ifetcrmincU air which had first Btnrtkd her into realizing the nituation. Ho was so daring and so clever and showed Inch an unfailing re source Hmt it was impossible net to recognize his power. She bad never seen m man so bold nnd so ready, and yet so capable of concealing his from all but the one they were meant to roach. Scarcely a day passed in which .-he did not find that in spite of herself he bau managed to perform some trifling ser vice for her. If she dropped her glove or fan It was he who bent to pick it up. If site played lennis t was he, twice out of thrico, who played with her, and when lie was within kwenty yards of her she knew that bis eyes watched her, and that if she looked up she should meet them nnd that they would have kho half pathetic, half augry appeal or ques tion iu their depths, which always so disturbed nnd * mazed her. There was one habit of his Which affected her more strongly than any thing else. Sometimes she would And him Standing within a few feet of her, neither speaking nor looking at her. He would stand Bo, knitting Ids black brows and bending his "that you won't even condescend to utter nay name?" ’ Nell turned rather |»ale. "Yes,” she said. • It cost her a tremendous effort to say U; but she said it bravely. It cost her more courage still to face him niter she had wiki it. Ii< looked quite white. Hfr met her eyes au in start as if he had been struck dumb. “I don’t tbiok—I believed—It was quite bad as that," ho snub find walked away, with his bead drooping. As she watched him go she felt niter misery, He looked to unhappy, so crushed, sotoehow, as if she had giveu him a blow too cruel to bo believed in. He was so big; there was much of him to be wretched that it swtnfld ns if he most l»o Wore unhappy than n smaller won. • It was like seeing a giant tremble. ’’And yet." she said, "what right h.td ho resent anything—to feel anything? He is toward to speak to me of it. How ■ dare he! • But he dared n great deni. All the rest t the afternoon there was 8 look of deadly de termination on bis face. She saw it when ho plunged into the game again and it did dot die out,* She knew that he must have made some desperate resolve. She found out what it was when she left tho ndrty to go .homo/ After she had bidden Mama and Hester good afternoon and passed throuvji tho gste,~sho: ' 'rnT the hedge, amt heard quick footstejw bcbti... the next moment Mr. Jacklramiltou cleared it With a bound and was at her aide. "I know what yon think,” ho said obstinate ly. "You think that a mao who has beentohl what 1 have would bo more clever and civil if ho held his tongue ami kept out of the way, rerhaps you thiuk be would be moreof a man, may not be clever or conventional but a maul would ho a fool—I beg your pardon—ho would not bo much of a fellow if he would won I, I tell you fairly. I never was as con von tlonal as I ought to be. They always told me so. This is the best I can do. It would bo more delicate and heroic to go away from tho place and leavo you and stand it as beet I could—but I won’t. You-dike my cousin, why should you hAto mo?" "Your cousin is very different from you,' said Nell. ' . lie stopped short and stared at her. "So he is, by Jove!” he said, "but that lias never been hoarded up against me. A—a fel low like that—" in au outburst. Nell stopped him. “It is worthy of you,” she cried, “that you should feel so secure in that—in tho difference. It is worthy of you to si>eak of him as lie does not speak of you—” He looked uhashed a little. "Well." ho said, almost humbly, "perhaps it wasn’t the thing—but—but,” with a sudden access of .heat, “if ho is worthy of your notice, I am, by George. That 1 know.” Thoy Jbkd nearly reached t bo gate. If was tho most beautiful afternoon—tlio little blue waves lapped the sand with a soft, caressing sonndjthcsun ou setti ng.t brew deep golden lights > turn on her with some flarce ques tion, and the very air about him was full of si lent ar ceclt. She exacted this question daily, and yet when at length it came she was as It at all Mood rear tmr for tome seconds in this mao- • _iier. I le looked down Atthe gran and frown- and pultod hi* mustache, and then sudden- whj* r jon>»t* me?” be asked. and lushed with exciMMnt as be aik- . edit. Nell coal* not steady h» voice u the diknt>d him. Bbc could not meaty her . SSiWiw. Bh*ftl?itremor tfqnicVpgl- k. .latiok, :-*.VW*r Mb wd felt thot be urort oee Hbe know hehah sceuxlho-ireisdr att} she was for tho moment thoroughly, unhappy. Hta -glance aa it rested upaw.hartlp'jielt-tww «eo- onds wag at onto wonderingjm<L raA*4t ve. felt It all intensely without knowing why. She even thought it strange thnffeho Should noticp tho beauty of the hour, when sho was so overwrought by other things. “If 1 w ere to say to you,” sho began, “that this is what a gentleman would uot.do,It would not matter to you.” "No,” he sgfd, fiercely, “it wouldu’t-not id the least. A roan always Ukcs a woman to say things like that to him.” “Jf I were to say to you.” she wont ou, "tlmti a—yes, a gentleman would go away—” *T wouldn't go” he said. “I would prove mv self a ruflian by staying. I am a ruffiiu, per haps. Call me one if you like.” •J,”said Nell, holding her pretty throat ery si might. “What sroron to*me?” “Nothihg,’’ ho cried. “That’s tho worst of it. There is where you have mo at a disad vantage. If I bad the shadow of a right to expect you even to look at me, I could go to somo ouo and speak about you, or get help. Hut 1 am not such a ruflian as to talk you over, even to save myself. Any woman has a right to feel an antipathy to a man—and he has no right to complain. Though 1 suppose 1 aui complaining." Nell did not utter n word. Site would not. He was looking ut her with the look that al ways reminded her that his cousin hud said, “lie has an eye like a stag’s.” On principle: she hated him at that lnomcut for his sUg’s eyes. “iflsma ruflinn.” he said, “you could make mo better. Women are sometimes kind, even to ruffians. I know I am not what I ought to be. No one knows bettor than I do what faults I have. They were born in me, * “I do not wish to hoar them,” said Nell. “You would like other people to tell you of them.” fcc said bitterly. .“I have told you that I never speak of you," she answered. .She saw his eyes Hash; and tho next instant lie liml snatched her hand almost roughly, “You shall tell uie,” he cried—“you shall tell me what I have done! Hlie tried to withdraw her lmnd, but his gtasp wuh like iron; she could not even stir it. Her whole fare flamed. “Do you know”—she said in a breathless voice, "do you know that you arc using force to mi?” He started as if he had been shot. It was evident that he actually had not realized it. “Oh, no!” be raid desperately. “What a biute aud a fool I am. Bat you don’t Jjknow what yon are doing to me. You are,, driving me mad. Let mo go away. '•The sooner the better!” she answered, but before the words had left her lips he had turnedr on his heel and was gone. She saw nothing until she reached the house anden- tend'tic shaded, flower-scented room, at the window of which she found hermother standing Mrs. Huntingdon turned and looked at her with a rather amazed expression. “Nell, dear,” she said, “was thst Mr. Ham ilton who stood at the gate with you?" Yes, mamma.” Mr.—Mr. Jack Hamilton, Kell?* Yes. mamma." And without another word she fled to her own room. It seemed to her, in the horns she spent alone shut up in its iwctty stmmcrv dimness, that surely no girl could have suffered in such a strange way be fore. tike had always been so happy in this • She . “Yu, “you dote done. me. You may call that ft>ot !-” Ho ended abruptly. Iftn* a few* fe«e<nidr We Vras silent. He dreggbd at hm mustache and if yon like, Haw his big chest Tito ■■ I She actually had thekwfel i t>ecii obliged tojtop speaking to gain time to ConltMhlmrewfy, - -.V. ragaio. J, t he me. ■ Presently be tamed th b*r a#*o. J ,1 “Jf TM think I will lei it r. • Mid, “yon are wm* If you won’t tell warming w!d *° “Am I such n fellow as thatr* he exclaimed, cruelty that she should sit in it feeling such (ftsperate unhappiness. It was despomte ,„me fifteen minutes. She threw-her- I self oh her knees by her fhvotite doep window, and kid-lux ti»ce in her arms ou the window scat. Her heart was beating hard against her side, and fhe was trembling all over. "Oh, what is the ragtter.with me?" she raid again and < again- in a piteous whisper. “Oh, why do I feel like 8bo couid got Ftili horsoif n\ all. TJicrc Melted n® nr® in tiylflg. -fehf had -been for so long »time endcavurinff to ignore and con trol something which had been advancing up- on*hcirvery-day and every honr that How, when under a too great strain she had given way for a cr.r.'c back to ber were all wrong. The times,for ii)Mamc--soiufii)y of them when she had mot lih ryes looking at her in that liafl wounded, halfsngiy wav which was somehow pathetic. No die could deny- oli, yes, It was quite true that he had tho most beautiful eyes—to say that tl fy hnd a look sometimes such ns'you see iu a bt autiful dog's, or a child's, whou they ask fot somethiug. It might seem alw*urd,but it was line, they always seemed to ask and aik, nud sho could not shut out tho feeling, even when he was not near her nt all, that he wts asking and she refusing-though neither uttered a word. And then the times when ho hnd stood silcut near her, aud yet it hud been if he spoke. And the times when they at all, “perhaps North Brabant :rcc with you.” « Vbo answered with brevity; “so ig away.” Nell dropped a rose nnd picked it up and put it mto net girdle. “Dorsyour cousin go with you?" she asked, “He always goes with mo,” be replied with a voice containing several suggestions. “I nut rot to be trusted alone. I should murder an infant fff’set fire to an aged Fomalo’s Home.” had passed each other; and the times sho had lutnnt not to watch him us he played ten nis. and yet somehow had known how lie locked nnd moved, and that ho was always alert ami graceful and . ready, nud his voice had always cotue to her above every other voice— not loud exactly, but clear and reso nant and with a gay, laughing sound. And one day a flown- had fallen from her belt and sho bau accidentally crushed it with her foot, and be had scon it across tho lawn aqd hud sauntered over nml stood by it a moment and then stooped to pick it up—and no one blit themselves had seen—and she had stood per fectly. motionless as If . she had not seen herself and yet bad known so well and had been ro angry. Sho was so sure she had been angry. Her hnmls had trembled as she stood nml »ho bad played badly all through the rest of the game, aud had lojt it to her side. , . And now! >Vhat could have' beou worse than this afternoon? 8he could feel his great strong hand holding hers yet. She drew it hastily away from her cheek as she When she was left alone Nell returued to the house with her roses. She found her mother In her usual scat in the bay window, and as *!u.<umc forward their eyes met,though Mrs, Hujitingtou did not speak. “Ye#, mamma,” said Nell, “ It was Mr. Jack Hamilton, bnt it will not occur again, for he is goin£fc)ruy.“^H Aud after sho lmd arranged her rosos sho mm ' remained th went .up stairs to licr room nml until luijohcon. The ui-Xf day they heard that the two Uaiu- iltciis had gout] to Now York.. Then Noll Iie^ gan to take walks again—longer ones than ever, Mrs. Huntingdon noticed--dud . sotflei times she piny id tennis, hot sno did not recov er her color and contracted a habit of felling intohilcnce. from which she rvusodhcnitlf with a slight start when she was spoken to. So- eictly Mrs. Hnntiugdon began to be very an* impl y—sho had never been unhappy about Nell U‘ore—she had never been cveu anxious —the att had always boon well and bright and t-weet fp every iuood.HHH^gMiEBH|W The J^feHltonq had been away about twd MUwn bored it. That had boon violence; that had been enough to make any girl dislike him and feel revolted. And yet, though he had held Acr with such strength he had not hurt her; and in an instant he had released her, and ho had said she did not know what sho was doing to him; sml he had gone away ns if ho could not bear it any longer. 1 Oh,” the said, “why do I think of that in stead of other things. I do not understand it. It.'isnotnatuial She got up nnd began to walk up and down the room. “J am tbiukingof him as if I liked him," she whispered, as sho paced to and fro fast and uncertainly. “1 must not do that. Ho is not a man for any good girl to like. Any girl who was good and refined w ould hate him ! I could not possibly like him. Oh, what sort of n girl is it who could know What I do and then like a man only becauso he is strong and graceful and has a—a strange .voice and beau* tiful eyes. Only the worst and most unrefined sir) could do that. If 1 like him I must l>e as bad and indifl'erent to high things as ho is.; Am i like that? 1 cannot be! Oh, mamma—^ mamma! Oh, mamma, how could I tell yon? 1 always told you everything before! I can’ tell nobody!” cams torture before long. It was dimmed tatoor! hhtejK-ai cd xcnreHchot. mant “fewdtoa!tlv“i^RgSfiEmiSr * cAtry innocent, involuntary melting towards him, every thought assumed the proportions of u crime. It was something wrong in hersolf. All this wickedness, she raid, had Leon lyiug donuunt in her nature, and had only waited to he called forth by sonic otic like this. No rr.c could leuny worse than that. She put hfltclf upon the rack and showed no mercy, The littlo blooming, flowery room, grow darker aud darker, she was qulto pale and exhausted in the end; sho was overwhelmed wltii her own reproaches, and yet again and a^nin her heart would letp os sho remembered a look-ra word. She stopped nt list by the mantel and stood there holding it with her hand. “lie is coarse,” sho said, with a groat effort, hurrying the words as sho forced thorn from her lips. “He is base; he is dishonorable: lie is a coward ; he is a—oh, a liar 1 lie is false and low iu everything, lie is contemptible; he is cruel. Yes, it is all true. Ho is not like a man nt all. lie is—” And then somo feeling rushed over her— some strange, wild protest against it all- stronger tl an herself—and she uttered a pas sionate little cry aud caught at the mantel with her other hand. “Oh, no! no!" she cried. “Oh! no I no! no! Dearest! Dearest!” And site burst into a tempest of tears, hiding lier face ami shaking with fear of this which had aweptall before it. \Vhen she went down to dinner her mother looked at her anxiously. “You are really pale, Nell,” she said. “You do not look well at all." i do not think I ant well." she raid. “Per- Imps I have 1m cn going out a little too much.” Hie often looked pale after thjs—so nalo tbot her mother's eye* followed her continu ally with licwilderment nnd *oliritude. And she bml lost more than her soft color; the elas ticity of her spirit seemed to have left her. She played tennis no more, to the great won der of Marian nnd Hester Beverly, who spent days upon their lawn and with difficulty for bore to dino with their racquets under their nrms und sleep with them under their pillows. She ceased to take walks alone aqd no longer went out sketching. Often when they had evening engagements she excused herself on tho picn of fatigue and remained at home. Sometimes in tho morning she came down i *• with an air of lassitude and with slight shad ow's about her eyes. “My dear,” her mother would say, "you look as if you had not slept well.” The first time she said tbit Nell glaucod at herself quickly in a mirror nnd faintly blushed. “I did not sleep very well, mamma,” she answered. “But, my dear,” said Mrs. Huntingdon, “this something new, isn’t it? You used to sleep like a baby.” “I shall/sleep so tonight, perhaps,” said Ncli. Bnt she did not often sleep so in these days and so it came to pora that one day Marian Beverly pasting the hedge- -racquet over her one morning Mrs. Maria Hun tiogitea arrived in a state of great dignity, plainly - laboring tinder tho effect of some deep offeuse pcrpetrated against honelf. “Ii#bel,'’»he began in lier most aonorout voire, "what is this I hear about the Kamil- tons?'’ “It hi knrnsriblc for me (o nay, Maria,” rot plied-Mrs. Huntingdon, half unconsciously glandng at Nell, who sat near. “But It appears thst this John Hamilton Isa most disreputable young man, that his cousin tup I’potis him and watches over him as if ho saiblKMfi * “ - was a ofaiid, that he went to New York with him simply to try to keen him ont of mischief, aud that with all his efforts ho could not aci comphsh it, and only just succeeded in saviug him Bern a frightful scandal. I never eras #0 outraged In my life. Why. I knew his father. Foidick Dowlas Was an intimate friend of minc.7 Noll laid down her book and roso. '•Mtmwa/' she said, *‘I think I will order the phaeton Sml go out. I should like to drive to Lnlworth and get somo new books from the library.” ‘fDfeS your head ache again,Nell?’ asked her mother., “Not very much, dear," tho girl answered. •■nnlyUt littlt.” _ I Ya when she got Into her phaeton and took! tbc i« in a there Was ou her fuco such a pallor a* to mgjte It look almost liken mask. Shi*, muancthingof the beautiful road to Lul- WrcWgi .riff?'*-™?, I.uw .L.rccbea thcr^WimiN hefure her «ml raw uetbios. When aha entered tlio littlo town and direked her pony koforo tho library die found tlio Beverly carriage there bofure I nr. Motor aud Marian rvero turning oveir the new nraga/inea and greeted iter »> ahe ’ riure in. “.Veil,” said Hester, after a few mlnntoa' con venation, and ahe said it in rather a aodatn undertone. “Mary you beard Anything about the 1/aniiKout?" drive bad uot cured the headache, and that II rva* in fact a little worse. ‘X thiuk, dear,’’ lira. Huntingdon laid tea in your room." And she went up villi ber end arranged her nlllowi forher^uid rave her the tea herself, and then abadod tha iic.ru und rntuc aud stood by her o moment, laying her hand loftly on her forehead. "You never used to have headaches, Neil, dear," alio said. "N'u, mamma," In tlio lowcit of humble riiiocs. "I lb ink yon must too Mr. Bennett.’’ “O, no. mumma, dear. It ia not bad cuougli for tbnl." “How would you like to ehauge, Nell? We ei'iild go lotlie mountain..” j Thcru was u uiumriit’n hesitation awl then Nell tiinird her fine a littlo nml kl.voil her author’, wi int. , 1 ‘ hvj "l’erhops—perhape," alio sold. “I hi thought it might bo a good tiling If I do i net better. Bnt I ihall bo hotter, doar. Lai ' b down to dinner. You will. nee.’’ And iwed the slender wrist again. Hlie.did come down to dinner atilt look pale, but very pretty and shftayod, and _ _ dressed, her mother funded, with little more than muul raro.. Shi had put on a now white ■dress where lure rUiBca aud jabots were lighted with loops nnd knots of daflodlhcolorod rib. I*'11; and In fart she bad ohoseu It in tho kopd tbit it would make ieaa of the shadows under her lashes.- ... ..-J, , * ' rerdapalt did to, for at least the pennaded her mother that abo mutt keen tho engage ment tlie.had for tbo ovening, feavlog her at home to enioy ber convaletcence. “Only became I want to lie idle,” the asid, “And licence 1 am a little tired of lights and people aud music.” But somehow tho houto scorned very still after the carriage rolled down tiro road and the could not even bear the distant sound of tbo wheels. And the room accrued vary amp ly and the boon before her very long. Bad wondered what she should do with U»nj, and for a few scrawls almost wished ehe hail not remained. She took up a book and tried tq rend. Ut contained an munsolyiad Inveetoryj whose lietn was a man with pathetic grievance —be wut very Interesting aud treated with thn crudestIlijinUce by everybody, Bho read a few pages aud laid the book down. It seemed, to lo ilia drated with a haggard .faco staring nt her with a Munir, stunur3look in Its tired, hollow eyes. Then site went to tho iitano. A: song stood Open linen it, 11 wua ’•Tontls To ItepicrL” Hlro began moeliauically to read aloud tlio words; > A DISTILLERY DEN ifOBisIhing About tho Llfo or tho Illicit DistUlsrsor Sand llocntsln-A Vlstt to thoWetrtf Plato* Th* Btory of Lit Us Msg-How Th# Owtawi LIt#-Thrilling 8c#n#s. "Alt te tn fossi mcco. Krillfc barvht Ita brtlun Olio a! ragftlo flclln lunu Vcdi pol mar Aigglr Tl rapirci inio bc«.“. Her volco fell and broke. Sho suddenly covered her face with her hands. “Why do thoy write such things?” tho said, “Why it it all about—that?” Tbc room was too still—too still—so fit ill * We don’t know,” said Hester lowering hor voice still more. “There is a horrid story about them, at least about Jack. We keep hearing scrap# of it. It seems i hut ho ii odious •••odious—and always has been—only his cousin bos tried to take rare of hint berauso hi# mother isio delicate and mfforsso through hint. Lately ho hoi been behaving better. They really had hopes of him when his cousin brought him here, fle had promised and vowed all sort# of things. Bnt suddonly ho he wai worse than evor. Wo don’t know wliat lie did— It must have becu ghastly. Of conm*people won't tell girls—but Marian lirard l Dclc Francis tell mamma something about ills having been turned out of somo club by force.” “Hester,” said Nell suddenly, • “why should we sjicak of it. 11 is detesUldo. I hate it.” “It mukes one fuel cold,” returned Hester. ‘ To think wc played tennis with him.” “It was a tnittpke in hj^cousin tojtring him herc,” said N' ‘ “Yes,” puf in Mariihr-tJigeFly. r luft only a mistake. He thought lie was doing ifrn good and ho really believed in him tbi\time. Don't let us say a word against \ ton. Privately, you know, I think h been a goose to waste himself, but * people—people wiio do things you a them for in tho aimtrart—always are geeso more or less. I Mimply delight and revel In Will Hamilton. I like even his mistake.” Nell went hack over tlio beach road slowly. She trird to gather hcnclf together as sho went. .She wanted cither to berotne accustom* < d.to Ik i- pain or to shnko it off in some way I efon -he rpjjihcd North llmljant. It WM too horrible toJ^Biml hide. hoiigl^^Hiaps,” fibe sahl with a gentle, pit'fiUf. ns fbcimir unconsciously , over her strained eyes, “per* {•came 1 uni not used to suffer- no hapjiy. Perhaps this Is noth ing to what some people suffer—perhaiM—1 don’t know; I cannot tell how I look, but I taunt uot let mamma see me f<*cling like this.” Hie did not look like herself at all. A cer tain pedestrian who had chosen to walk over from North Brabant, nnd who was consequent ly coming towards her—a pedestrian who ping to speak to her as she gathered row s—looked at her in some astonishment. Nell.” she exclaimed, “do you know bow pale you are ?" •Oh, wayTor a moment, the reaction Was greater tUm aheWfc* icody to meet. There hod * lie.mi to ignore And tot aside, thcro* had assy dayvwhcn she had made ttrong now it all teemed to come back And try as she might she did not tr the right things. The things which don't*” said Nell. “Annt Marhutohl me o few hours ago thnt I was as white as a rag. hhe says I need exercise—ten miles a But suddenly the wns pale no longer, a warm carnation having spread itself over hi cheek. But you always had such a lovely col< i sieted Marian. “Hester aud 1 have iu iu for it ever since wc were old enough to fp«nk. What have you been doing? You arc « bad ns Mr. Hamilton. And—how queer!— was j Uhl upbraiding him on the same score.” Mr. Hamilton broke iu with some haste, “Yes," be said, “she was telling me that I u'>cd t*» have a lovely color.” "Yon had," laughed Marian, “when you 'eftme here, but now—’’ “I was like a blush rose," said Mr. Hamil ton. “A blush rest-. And now that you have —hare rifled me, so to speak, von hold me up te pnWlc neon! and draw invidioui rompari- But lie did not amlle very naturally, as he looked arrow the hedge at Nell. “Perhaps," mid Kelt* meeting-hn eye# with- thought be had reason to know her fare better than any other man. seeing it in the first mo- m<nt was so struck by the look of ft that he it I most stopped short by the roadside. He was m> intent upon her that he did not notice where he was going, and as sho did not at first see him, in a moment or so more the phaeton approecKcd him so nearly that tho glanced up quickly. What she saw was Jack Hamilton—as un like himself as sho was unlike herself; pale, haggard, worn out, with all the marks or his sins upon him. even his dress a little dishev elled—Jack Hamilton looking at her with great, hollow, ticautiful eyes. fibc scarcely breathed. Her heart gave one wild leap, and then seemed to stand quite till for re.aq^ minutes, though the whole risis only OfOTflcd a few seconds. The most terrible thiorf if w oman with n tender soul ran l*c compelled to do she did. Bhc saw him make an Involuntary motion with his hand os if to lift hi# hat. 8hc let her unanswering eyes rest upon him for a moment, turned them sway'nnd drove post, leaving him standing on the wayside—standingacually stock still. Before she lmn left him six yarls lie hind ahe was trembling from bcail to foot, her lip# were quivering and her eye# were blind • with tasrs. sho drew near life window aho sow that grounds were bathed in moonlight and that qu Ivor lug pathway of oilyor und pearl crossed “I will go r.ml look at tho water.”sho said. 'It will bo cool and at least there will be somo round there.” 8hc was upon tho lawn the noxt momont. At tho edgo which sloped down to the terrace gbov© tho beach there stood a little vine-cov eted arlior. bho meant to go there, but did not enter it at first, bho stood a few momenta upon the grass looking out at the greet beauty spread before her—at tho white beach, at tho shimmering molten silver, at the deep stillness of the dark Idas sky where the groat fair moon mijed. “Oh,” she said, aud her voice h id a littlo heart-wrung tone. “How can any ono be so wicked? It must be a bad heart—a bad heart.” The words died on her iipa because she heard fomflM ,■■■ was coming towards her, a man who was tall and young and who bad square shoulders. If his head bad not liecn bent be would have seen her; ’ ut his head was l>ont, as if ho was depressed r iu deep thought, and as he walked hcdrsggc at bis muster ho with melancholy flerrenefs. Nell turned and flod into the arbor. Only a few steps, and sho stood con cealed am! safe behind the leaves, bnt she stood with her hand al her side, her hs#rt little leaps. Jqck Hamilton. [To be continued.) making littl a TIhOIuoik.1i N COUNTY MAI.VATIONI8T8. ’uniifthlner* II id lug Out in Terror or the Now Enemy. in Wultou county ig out and are chinery for The femulc salvation is still getting in its wj Tho moonshiners kept ou the go, movin] making the orphan mafe One flay lost week Tff au Interesting account of ^ . retention army, si also interviews with, Mrs. Buchanan nua Mrs. Johnson, tho two M|Ue* who cut up a still near Perry and Smith’s mills la Tanners district. These ladies had come to Atlunta under escort of Deputy MarshalMcH Donald to testify against oneg|H who bad been arrested ns the still. The ladies said they In 1 the imsimss nud Intended t* they could find within ten m! They also Dotted notices to tliaMlfect trees und fences In their neighborhood. ou the THEY MKANT KIHIKEIIS, aud the moonshiner# soon realized it. Threat# had been made to burn the homes of the ladle if they did not let the stills alone. Yesterday a gentleman from Monroe was iu tbo city and said to a Constitution man: "The two ladies who are at the head of the salvation army In Walton county did not tell all of the sfor.v. and why they began the cru 'I never was obliged to do anything like the raid breathlessly. “On, It Is that before, semi thing—it is cruel. But it .is right, is woman who must—who must do it. But, ob; wolft right for me?” a, hh ii iipni mh . 81>« h«! ntv.T fonml it *o Iianl to fore her mother’, ooft eye. a. .be did when ehe reached home. 81c wo. ct'llged to . onfoa that her jde on the .(III.. One of Llicui l think it it Mm. Bnrlianin—hu two lone who are about grown. Doriu« (hri.tmas week tho two brother, went to the (till am! not good, clo- riotuly drank. They had a mUumlentamlina ulou! iomethinif and be(on folktiug. They fought like tigen for more thau . half hour, the other nicu who had xathered at the place •landing .round and encourglng them. The two hoy. fought like they used to in yean g. ne i,y~with their (lata only. When the two hoy. could light no longer, they went borne hruiMdiind bleeding. Learning the cause of the fight the mother seized au az and going by Mr,. Johnson', got her lo go with her to the ,1111, wheio they mode tilings dy. Those two ladies nunn biuincM. and th* moojishinen an idtca' home. hiding ont Id great terror. “I. there any daager of lalog horned?" "I think not. The man moot to die out us soon know it i. kert for them, couple of axe. can do n great deal of damage In >n illicit distillery.’’ of tfaojt. u/M n|Rsl Two Wol tho excite- r ilble. They women with n Tho Fate of the Weather Sharp. From the Fhllailelpbta Times. There ia jut about time enough now let ween MUr.nl- to |» tan and pick up Uie froxen body of the man who predicted that there wm not going to he any cold weather this winter. HiKT.vit.Lt:, Al«., January 11.—[SpocUI.j— One of the inmt interesting localities In uorth Alabama and Tennessee ia the mountaiu re gions. It has iiei ome so ou accouut of tho character of the citixena The people in thia section arc for liehind the happy elements of civilisation which aur- round their neighbors. Here the women do moat of tho work, while tho men make all {ho Illicit whisky they can, A stranger I. looked on as a natural enemy and on. la eyed with suspicion. Iu thia vicinity of tho mountntn sotuo farm, hut the height of a man’s ambition ia to aocure a calf. This animal ho buys for ono dollar. Tho ralf is fed on ssit and what foras bo can eat on tho mountain side. When old enough ho Is sold for six dollsre. This Increases his stock until he has enough for markot. Ho sell* out and end. it in a spree. . , TH* SAHD.SPMTTRR HOO is another popular animal of this locality. It la t ho toughest specimen of tho pork trilm. Tho visit to an illicit still was under an oath choractcrlatic of the mountaineer, which was sacred and binding. It was about two foils, hi the mountains, swty from any settlement. The distance was traveled ou the back of a mountain colt. After following a narrow beaten track through bushes, over rock., down hillside^ tctOM ravines and through mouhtalnpasMa,* point of « nrociplco was reached. My companions pointed to tlio depths below and told mo to watch a certain spot. A blue curl of smoko arose which was from tlio still we wero going to visit.' Theu down tho narrow mountain side wo rode, guided by tho sensible animals. If a slip of Ida foot was made, eternity would havo liccn our doom. Boon a point waa reached about two hundred yard. Bom the still. Uuo of my companion, took from 111. pocket a whistle, niado of it pitch of reed, and gnvo two ohrlll whistle* width wore answered. Tlio animals wero tied, and ono of tho meu said to tho other, “Jlni, his peeper, uo too good; I guohs we had better cover them.” With these words' the twn'mtn proceeded to biod a clothorer lay oyes. After walking around and about noavo waa entered. THE MOUKTAHt STILL. When tho duor was (brown luck, uy oyes were freed slid n socno of Interest was pic tured. Tho room ns. a csvorn dug out ufn coal deposit, about twenty by sixteen feet, in which woa arranged the worn, sud hsrroi. with pile. of corn nml dried ■ fruit. IJitngiug shout on were gun's mid |,iAfols, near w hlcli woe a fclido made to upon nml cloro nt n moment's nelice. Tho Interior was suggestive of tho wild nature of the mountain.. . Thu mou inside wore dressed In clothing of coarse mntorisl mado at homm Their arm. wero bored and gri.lzy tvilh hair. Their faces caused them to have tho appearance of demon* In a corner of tho cavern wss * man busily engaged in poarlag wildcat whisky in a funnel, which wai eoh> vcytdoffihreugh a pipe urnde of mountain oonu "Where does that go to?” waa asked. “You can’t know nil stranger, wliar that mua to yon nor no other man will know, but it is taken care of,you cOu bet on it ” Behind a tub of sour mash was a littlo rag* ged nine yoar old child, who had n •tick stirring the content* The littlo thing w>. covered with dirt and halfcladlncoanc home-spun. he stranger." The child half frightened anil cowered ap proached me, Imi her timidity overcome her aud aba stopp “Come hew, you littl* hell-cat amt slug” was spoken hy one ot tho men. The child begun to ting iu a video s . tiflil as a dove, and koforo sho hod lin tbo teari were streaming down her cbccl “What ia lie child', (name?” wav aakci “Wo call her Mag for short. That chi _ a history as long aa your arm, hut aho will never tell it. Bho knows aho will get tho strap.” »zl •• Her dark blue, childish eyes looked up moistened with tears, and pleaded to be soared el was the lash. Her utory was a strange one, mid was calculated to touch the chords of a hardened heart. One cold morning six yean before, a man was seen slowly riding along tbo mountain road with . little child in front ou the saddlo. The snow was foiling and lie twderly clasped her wraps tenderly around her. I'p the mountain higher wore two man who havo been introduced, and they were gag ing at the tight below. “Take tbo gists and see if you are sure he Is __ the sharp ping of a ride was heard and the traveller dropped IlfcleM from his saddlo and tbo child waa taken to tho care of the moonshiners. The child baa bean then since. The duty of the child Is to mix sour muh forma fofthfolly. The question was i these nen: “Are you not afraid of tbo reveal* men awl will they not get you?” “Btrenger, we aw not afraid of heaveu or hell, much less anything on two leg* Wo are trying to make an honest living, anil tho man who triea to sup us diet—that's ail. Tho law lias got to taka tho somo chance, we do., This i> somo of the rlisrecUristles of tho men the re venue authorities bars bad to _Con tend with In Alabama. W. MINNIE DISHER'S RECOVERY. CoLl'Mil's. Kin., January 12.—News has Just reached hero from tha form house several miles north that Minnie Disbar, the Nebraska sleeping beauty, recovered consciouiMos Sun day, January 3d, the sevsnti«th day of her bystero-cstalcptic trance slMp. Tho roads havo been Imiasaalde until tho present time, and new. of her recovery could not be received before. The girl fell into a trance, from which .he has now revived, Octo ber foith last. During the long interval aho lua kin to all appeorancai a If' . .nftfimheTifoiiO the exception of reqilretion and pulsation. When Miss Dither awoke her mind was appa rently clear and unimpaired, harappstit. nnd general feelings good, bnt hor arms oml leg* were paralyzed, t Bbe »y* ahe was conscious during tha whole time of her prougeted trance, bnt though aho exerted her utmost power tc oviuco hor con sciousness, she could not move a .ingle muscle. Hbe tays ahe bad no physical pain until tho 40th day of ber sleep when th* electric liatUiy W “!STth« ahe baa reared* thoomnd atonies of the body, aud ac times it vemed aa .gomes or ui th# tfmin, ..... ... K ahysteal sinterings in comeqnencc of the iliock to her system. Tho doctors In attendance, say. how- Win'ala* regain tho full use of her 1 INDISTINCT PR1KT~]| **#!?