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BY MBS. E. T. CORBETT.
Copyrighted 1886, by 8.8. McClure.
(Continued from last week.)
of that night. I watched the door communi-
eating with Mia Milward’g rooms almost In
cessantly, storting at every sound, struggling
against vague terrors, harder to.conquer be
cause so undefined.
When the morning came at last, and I went
down to my solitary breakfast, I was so pale
that Peters asked solicitously if I was ill.
“I am not feeling well—I had a bad night,' 1
I answered.
Then the old man came closer and looked
at me anxiously. “You look as if yon had
not slept. Miss. Did anything—or anybody—
disturb you?” he asked, dropping his voice,
and looking around, “becauseI’ve been in tho
family ?-o long, you know—that—well, you
needn’t be afraid to speak, miss.”
Bnt I felt it would be highly improper to
. discuss miss MUwnrd’s peculiarities with one
of hr *— J
deck
head
Peters looked doubtful, but retired without
another word.
A few momenta later, as I went into tho 11
hiary, I was surprised to And: Mlse Mil ward
* there. She took my hand in both of hers, and
said earnestly: ^
"I have been waltittg'for you, my
oik yonr forgiveness for having terrified you
. Inst night, and to explain my strangobehavior,
for It must bavo seemed very strange to you.*'
"It deed indeed, so strango that I have uot
yet recovered from my fright,” I answered
coldly.
“But won’t you forgive me?" sho asked on
treatingly; "I came to tell you something, but
I cannot do it whilo you look so severely at
me. Yc ii ought to know—”
“Wbat?” I asked, for she stopped so ah-
ninth-.
‘•That I am a somnambulist! I must have
been walking in my sleep again last night, for
I was first awakened by your scream. I was
completely dazed when I found myself in
your itoni!”
“A lomnamhulist!” \l repeated, In amaze.
•But bow did yon pass all those trunks? And
how could you have unlockcd|tho door?”
“I don't know, I’m sure,” sho answered
slowly; then with tears shining in her beauti
ful eyes. "bnt. oh! I’m so sorry and so
ashamed! I had hoped to keep my deep-
walking a secret from you and 1 have betrayed
myself. l)o yon think you can love aud trust
me still?"
8he dropped her head on my shoulder and
sobbed.
Her tears melted me. Doubtaaud suspicions
wero still, if not conquered. I took her in my
room and strove to sooth her with loving
words, until at last sho looked up, smiling
faintly, aud our peace was made.
Diirirg the rest of that day she was so un
willing to let met go out of her sight, that it
was late in the afternoon before I could get a
half hour to myself. Then I slipped quietly
out of ti c house, aud hastening to the nearest
hard ward store bought some small, strong brass
holt. As I turned tho corner of the''street on tuy
way home. I met Blako Bernard. His first
words were.
••Peters told mo that you had gone out and
in which d irretion, so I enmo to meet you and
to talk with you. Would you mind turning
back and walking Wib me for a few mo-
manta?"
"Oh. r.o. certainly not,’’ I answered begin
ning to retrace my steps, “bnt it must only be
a very few minutes, for I am afraid your
cousin u.ny want me.”
"I w i*h you would tell me candidly what
you think of Kate,” he began suddenly. "Isn't
she very peculiar, rather startling at times?”
How I longed to tell him all tho events of
promise of secrecy which I could not
lircak.
proi
ing:
“She is vary eccentric, I think, and some-
limes l don't understand her at all. < me day
•be will treat me with great coldness and re
serve, and the next day she will hardly suffer
me to go out of her sight. Sho is very pu/.-
xling.”
“I wish vou would take my advice, little
girl,” he said earnestly. "Cannot yon trust mr
.friendship, my—interest in your welfare, and
. do as 1 wish?”
t Something In his tone and manner made my
foolish heart flutter—sent the color to my
face, and n tremor to my voice, as I asked:
"What is it that you want me to do?”
The answer came with startling abruptness:
“Leave my aunt's house tomorrow! Go away
—somewhere—anywhere—but don't remaiu
there!”
I could not answer him. I was so chilled,
disappointed, wounded, all at once, and then
so bitterly humiliated and so angry the next
moment, that I was quite snocchless.
Mr. Bernard went on.w!tn a man's blindness
to the effect of his words:
"I have been waiting for a chance to advise
you for seme time, but ns you know, Kate
never leaves us alone together. Perhaps you
have noticed my unsuccessful maneuvers?'’
Yes. I had noticed, and I had been vain and
foolish enough to believe—that Iilakc Bernard,
oor, ob-
me to
had been checruUiug
such ailly hopes, and dreaming such absurd
dreams, he had only been waiting an opportu
nity to send me away! I knew there were tear*
In my eyes, but I tried to seep them out of my
voice as I answered him.
“Mr. Bernard, you seem to forget that I am
not atlU*erty to leave your aunt’s house at the
whim of the moment. When Mrs. Milward
engaged me”—he looked so distressed at that
word that I took a malicious pleasure iu
changing it—“I mean when she hired mo”
(this time ho fairly groaned) "it was with tho
understanding that I was uot to leave her
daughter until she returned. Now you ask
me to cancel iuy agreement, with no other ex
cuse than your wish! Don't you see that such
a course would be dishonorable?”
"No—cot under tho circumstances,” ho said
slowly.
"What circumstances? You should not bo
eo mysterious, Mr. Bernard, if you want mo
to listen to you. I hate riddles.”
"So do I,” he said quickly, “and if you will
only trust me, and go away tomorrow, I
promise you a full explanation within twenty-
four hours. Come. Amy, won’t you say yes?”
and made a motion as if to take my baud.
If I bad only listened to him then! But my
anger flamed up suddenly again, at his persist
ence, and without another word I walked
swiftly away from him. Wo had been making
the circuit of the block ns wo talked, and now
wo were very near the house. So I hastonod
up the steps without looking back, and it was
not uutil Peters had answered my ring that I
found my companion had left mo.
I went directly to my room, and standing in
front of the long mirror (like any other silly
girl), I looked at myself long and critically.
Well! I had not been so presumptuous, after
all—and I knew be preferred blondea—and he
had called mo Amy—but then lie had besought
me to goaway! And again my face burned with
anger and prido at the recollection. Ho
should ace that I was quite indifferent—I
wouM remain, and I would bo so votj digni
fied and distant that he would not daro to
resume tho subject. Bnt I saw him no more
that evening, and I left Miss Milward directly
after dinner, pleading sleepiness, thougn I
was not at all sleepy. But 1 wanted to bo
alone, aud besides 1 had a little piece of work
to do.
nerveiAnd despite her assertions to tho contra
ry I feared a second invasion. For this reason
I had procured tho two bolts that afternoon,
and now 1 screwed them on the door through
which she had entered before. It took my
'rilled fingers a long timoto accomplish this
task, but I felt as if I should never rest secure-*
ly again until it was done.
CJIAJ'TKB III
The morning brought mo a note from Mr.
Bernard. It bc-gan abruptly:
Let Kate take ber drive alono this afternoon.
Make some excuse, and moet me in the library
at S o'clock. I will explain all to your satis
faction, so do not fail to be there. Your
friend always, B. B.
I was read ing this note for the fourth time,
and wondering what I should say to Miss
Milward, when she entered my room. I thrust
It hastily into my desk, forgetting in my cou*
Alston that the envelope lay on the table. Sho
glanced at it.
waiting for Bliss Btilward to finish hors. Then
my head began to feel strangely heavy and
confitsed, my companion's voice sounded as if
it was a long way off, and the lights began to
waver and go out. Then camo a blank—and
then a partial return to consciousness, when I
seemed to be dragged upstairs, and helped
staggering into the room—after that, onty ob
livion.
lids were so heavy, but I succeeded at fast. Iu
a slow, bewildered way I looked at the familiar
objects all about me.nml decided that I was f
ing on the bed In my own room. But how i
it Ml
then,
“I came to tell you that I have jnst had a
note from him. declining my invitation to
drive. Docs he say anything about his rea
sons?”
"No-no. nothing,” I stammered.
'Well, it doesn't matter. Wo can get along
as usual, toto-a-tete, auil by the way, I order
ed the carriugo at I.”
“I—I’m venr sorry, but—1 think I won’t
drive today—J havo some letters to write,” I
raid, in a blundering way.
"Oh, then I amc to go alone, it seems.”
She rose from her scat and walked restless
ly up and down the room. All at once sho
stood perfectly still, frowning and muttering.
Instinctively my eyes followed her. She
was looking at tho bolts on the door!
“Why did yon do that?” she exclaimed at
last ana flung herself out of the room.
When I saw her step Into her carriage that
.afternoon, I breathed freely again. I had been
so fctrAil thst she might decide to stay at home
at the last moment. But now all was safe, and
I had not long o wait. BIr. Bernard camo
punctually, and I remembered with delight
that Biles Blilward never returned before half
past six.
But our greetings were hardly spoken—ho
had not yet relinquished mv hand—when the
door flew open, aud she walked into tho room.
She surveyed us with a triumphant smile, then
dropping languidly intoachair, she excleimcd.
"it was insufferably dull, driving alono, so I
came back to cqjoy Bliss Gravel's company,
uever dreaming that you would be here, my
dear Blake! How charming!”
She raid this in her sweetest tone, as sho
glanced smiling from ono to the other. Mr.
Bernard looked as black as a thunder cloud
and sulked. Despite my own vexation, I
ould uot help laughing at his discomfiture,
nnd besides I did not want to make Mist Blil
ward'a triumph too completo. After awhilo
she put her hand to her head.
”BIy dear.” turning to me, "I liavo a bad
headache; I must go to my room and rest.
But I want you to sit .beside me, and ui for
lllakc, he must go home."
"On the contrary I think I’ll remaiu and
diue with MissGravcs; if you are to ill to do
the honor*, she will bo lonely,” said she quiet
ly*
"Very well," sho answered with a careless
nod, hut outside the door iicr manner cluug-
rooms—the door I had no!ted so secure*
ly—wss now wide open? I must get np and
refasten It, I thought feebly,—but what was
the matter? I could not move.
1 strove again to rise, and then tho mist
cleared from my brain for a moment, and I
was shocked into Atll consciousness by tho
frightful discovery I made. I was securely
lionnd hand and foot.
And even as I struggled weakly with those
cruel bonds, Bliss Blilward approached me with
a look of such exultation and delight that I
shuddered with new terror. Her cheeks were
crimson, hor eyes blazing, her hair disordered.
The truth flashed upon me in that moment—
she was mad!
I tried to cnr out, to beg for mercy, hut the
mist and darkness enveloped me ouce more.
When I was conscious again something else
hAd happened—1 was gagged! Perhaps the
gag had been there all the time; I cannot tell;
but now I saw a small table beside tho lied, on
which lay an open caso of surgeon’s knives,
how ghastly blight they were!
8he pent over me, talking in a suppressed,
harried voice, apparently to herself, although
her wild eyes rested on my Arne.
"At last! At last? The hour of my tri
umph is at hand! Now I shall solve the great
J iroblcm! I shall know the secret! What
ools the wise men must have been, disputing
forever about the seat of the soul, and never
seeing (as 1 saw long ago) that there was only
one way to get at the truth! It was left for
me to teach the world—to lay bare a living,
pulsating, human heart, and so to prove my
theory!’’
Bfore, much more, she said, but I could not
grasp it. One thing I realized—that I was
to be murdered by this mad-woman. Oh, If I
had only taken Mr. Bernard's advice—if I had
even confided in Peters—bnt now it was too
late.’ I should die!
I looked up at her imploringly, pleading
humbly for compassion, but tho cruel purpose
in her look never changed nor wavered.
Carefully she tightened my bonds, until
they were cutting into my flesh; then laying
her hand upon my breast, she seemed to be
feeling for my heart.
In agony of terror I dosed my eyes and
tried to pray. Oh, if sho would only bo mer-
■' d, and end it with ono stroke! Suddenly
cMrtU-
he moved away.
"Wait!” she said sharply. “I must bo quits
nokqtl a pipe apiece in the kitchen, aud
nco in a whilo I’d go out iu the street to
" abit, * ‘
onco _____ r _ __
freshen myself up a bit, when I felt Hko drop
ping Off. Well, that was how I come to see
the light of the burning curtains iu your
room,because the outside blinds were oneu. I;
was frightened enough then. I called in tho
policedian. and we were Just iu time.
“Offoursc, I sent for Mr. Blake as quick as
I could, aud two doctors besides, for I was sure
you sres dead, Bliss. But first we bound that
poor crazy creature, and it was hard work, too,
she howled snd fought and clawed us so. She
was raving mad when they took hor away,
aud wbeu Mr. Blake went to the asylum yes
terday they told him she was ravlug yet. 1
don’t know how her poor mother will bear it!”
Blake Bernard was my next visitor, but I
am not going to tell you all he said. If you
know anything of love-making |H*rhaps you
can guess, and if you don't you might not on-
! not take tho little flat I had selected
an and myself. Instead, I am tho mis-
V pretty little cottage on tho banks of
son, and IUske says I am an admIra-
fekeepor. I know I am a very happy
Suita makes her homo with us. BIUs BLI
THE second ELIJAH.
The Singular Death of Ashcroft Surrounded
lly Bis Dogs.
Reno, Neb., February 4.—One weok ago last
Sunda^ the body of a man, frozen stiff*, was
found, a sh6rt distance north of North Platte,
in a miserable but of aod, branches of trees,
and sttnes, with a rudely thatched roof. Tho
rcof was surrounded and jealously guarded by
at least fifteen dogs. Seven of them had to bo
shot bOfore the party of discovery could ap
proach. Another unusually largo wolf dog,
with*iioble head, strong limbs, and a coat
■lmo*t| jet black, lay close beside
osd master. A hungry glare
yes showed that ho bad been several
Ithout food, and he evinced unmlstak-
ns of grief. When one of thn party
Jed to cross tho threshold of the hut,
the wolf dog made a fierce charge at him. It
waa thought a pity to kill ao splendid an ani
mal, and an effort Was made to lasso him. A
lariat was thrown over his head and shoulders
and he was captured, but he showed such a
fierce disposition that lie was finally shot.
Borne donbt at first existed as to tho Identity
of the dead ruau, but a coroner’s Jury estab
lished it as that of Joslnh Ashcroft, a mad re*
dure. Tho falthAjl dogs found holding vigil
over his corpse were Ills fhmily of dogs. Since
the discovery of tho remains interesting par-
GOOD BILL ARP.
SUturnlog Horn® With Bis Sick Bor.tha Car Contain*
ins tho Invalid Son and His Mother is Ootaohod
and tho Husband is Left Behlnd-A
Trip Way Cross Georgia. Bto., Xtc.
ill!” the exclaimed, as wo went up
aud tomy surprise, she drew mo into her own
room and threw herself on a couch.
For hours, or so, it seemed to me, she kept
me beside her, insisting that I made her feel
better. Peters came up to announce dinner,
but she only grasped my band more convul
sively snd whispered, “Wait! Not yet'.’’
Suddenly the loud closing of tho hall door
Founded through the house. Blako had goue,
then! Miss Milward bad outwitted us, and
when should 1 hear what he wished to tell me?
But now she started up briskly, aud declar
ed that bhe felt quite well—that my ministra
tions had cured her. She gave orders that our
long delayed dinner should be served at once;
she seemed not to notice my vexation, and she
talked incessantly. She was iu one of her
brightest and moat loving humors, but I was
not to be beguiled. I was beginning to dis
trust her, and even her beauty had lost its
charm.
“No coffee to-night. Peter#,” sho said: ”1
have a fancy for a cup of tea, and I will make
it ou the table. Bring what is needed, and we
will wait on ourselves.”
The tea was made, and Miss Milward was
about to pour it into the cups when she paused,
and gave a little shiver.
“What a draught!" she said. "Would you
mild closing that window behind you. Bliss
Graves? I am taking cold.”
I complied, wondering, for she was very
fond of fresh air. and the room was quite
warm.
Her hand was so unsteady when she passed
my cup that she i nil ltd part of it, at which she
was unaccountably annoyed.
Now I am coming to a part of my story
about which I have never becu able to be
quite accurate, try as I may. The incidents
of that terrible night I shall never forgot,
but many of the details are doubtful and in
complete.
I think I drank the tea alowly, an! was
my bookt'aay/ . _
Sbo went swiftly into tho next room and
catue back with a largo book. Then, snatch
ing a handful of matches, she lighted tho
other gas jets, and flinging the half burned
ends on the floor sat down and began to read.
Here, again, my memories are indistinct. I
saw her sitting there, poring Intently over the
volume, but whether for ono inimite, or five,
or fifteen, 1 cannot toll. Bfy mind must have
begun to wonder just then, for 1 fuucicd that
Blr. Bernard called mo, begging uae to go away,
and then J thought I saw my sister, smiling at
me. But whon I opened my eyes there was
only Bliss Mi!ward’s cruol face before me.
All at onco I roused myself. I had seen
something, ss my eyes roved helplessly about
the room- something that gave me strength
aud courage, aud made hope possible. WUat
was it?
A little tongue of flame, creeping silently,
but so swiftly, up the side of the nearest win*
dow, fed by the delicate lace and silken dra
peries, and gathering strength and volume
with every second. Breathless, spell bound. I
watched it. If the would only read five min
utes—one minute longer, I might have a
chance for m.v life.
Thank licavcn! she did not look up, still
she turned the page*, and still the flame grew,
until, with a quick leap it seized upon the
toilet table and roared In sudden fury.
The fiery challenge aroused her at last. Sho
sprang up and snatched bravely at the burning
curtaius, tearing them down by handfuls, and
uttering wild words and cries of rage. Thou
I hcaid shouts and heavy, hurrying steps in
tho hall—the door was shaken violently, and
loud voice, cried,
"Let us in! tjulck J”
Her look of maniac fury was indescribable,
‘They will spoil all!” she screamed. "I must
do it this moment—now, or it will bo too
Intel”
She caught up ono of tho largest knives a?
she snokr, but before she could lift it for tho
murderous stroke the door was burst open. Oh,
blessed sight! I saw 1’eters and several other
hiug in, and then the knowledge of my
titulars of Ashcrolt’a strange
developed. He was ttflj-seven year a owe
Many years ago he tamo from F.tf|(intd W a
Btonaftn convert. He went with tho apostle
iff tb«*i <h direct to Salt I.tkc, where lie re*
id to take a band lu that series of sanJ
gufnary deeds. They knew their fato was sura
It is home where the heart is, aud wo are
all happy now. Here is tho big old family
room aud the spacious fireplace is crowded
with the big back logs, and the front logs and
tho top logs, and tho chcerAil genial blare
leaps out at every opening and makes us all
ait hack in tlio family cltclo I ait near the
good old window and look ont upon the same
pleasing prospect of Holds and distant hills and
am comforted. The dogs are in the family
ring and tho canarlee are singing in their
cage, and the malteso cat is purring in Jesse’s
lip. There is a lively chatter
ing of hsppy voices all around
me, for tho long spell is broken nnd tho broken
family almost united. Isay almost, for tho
aick boy and his mothor arc in towu at his
sister’s, and these children bavo not yet seen
them. It was too cold to bring him five miles
over a froaen road, and so I came ont alono to !
give them pleasure in broken doses. I hoped'
to surprise them snd peep in at tho window,
hut they were on the look ont down tho road,
and have nearly looked a holo through tho
window pane in anxious expectation.
With a scream and a shout they all
came flying down the hill to meet
me, and such a time as we all had, hug-
! ;In#j and kissing and dancing around with
oy. They loaded me down, and I could
mrdJy wag along for their embraces. I don’t
lielievo that folks are any happier in heaven,
and I don’t know that I wish to bo.;
Wc left Sanford last Tuesday, took the boy
on's cot over tho long wharf that stretches
away ont Into tho lake and pnt him aboard
tho beautiful steamer, tbo City of
Jacksonville. We sot him down
in an easy chair and when the warning boll
waa rung, we bade a sweet good by to kin
dred and friends and soon tno engines were
unloosed and tho big wheals turned and the
boat moved down the lake with quivering
throbs. Tho anxious mother watched her boy
with watery eyes as bo looked out greedily
upon tbo bright water sand feasted Ala eyes
onco more upon scenes ontildo of s tick chain-
ber. Tho boy has no uto of his lower limbs
*’ as to bo carried in arms from place
n and It was no small troublo to get him
h narrow doors and up nnd down the
• stalftfcnd into tho cars, but noxt morning we
and
ly wsj
1 fell
into a long and deadly swoa
They told me afterwards that 1 was very ill
and ronbtautly delirious for many days, and at
Mr. Bernard’s suggestion my sister was suoi-
moued to nurse pie. But as soon as I was ablo
to rit up I itixifited on hearing the story of my
rescue, and old Peters, much to his delight,
was allowed to tell it to mo.
"Perhaps you’ll remember, Bliss,” lie begin,
"that I tried to warn you several time* uot to
trust too much to Miss Milwanl, hut you
wouldn't let roe do it.”
"But you should have ’ told mo plainly, Pe
ters. It waa very wrong to expose me to such
peri I,” I Interrupted hastily.
"And so I would, Miss, if anybody could
have guessed what mischief the poor young
lady was thinking of. Why, even Mr. Blake
never mistrusted the truth, although he told
me that last evening when ahe wouldn’t let
you come down to dinner, that be meant to
take you out of the house the next day. But
I was going to tell you how ithegun first, with
Bliss Milward shutting herself up for days to
gether. until she worried her poor mother
nearly to death with her queer ways and her
queer talk. 8hc used to talk to me about it,
hut she never would give in to her daughter
being crazy. though BIr. Blake as good as told
her a year ago. When BIrs. Blilward went
away she tried her best to coax Mis*
Katherine to go along, Jand whon she
wouldn’t, why. then sho said that having a ,
young, cheerful companion in the house with
croft, accompanied by a single comrade, pro
ceeded eastward, over mountains and across
prairies, on foot, with many hair breadth
cfcancs from ludians, nnd, at times, pursued
by the Dauitca, until thoy reached Council
Bin fib, Io. There Ashcroft remained several
years. While there ho attended n Methodist
revival meeting, and became "enlightened,’
mid he "enlightened” a Mormon elder. Brig
bam Young got wind of this revolutionary
work of his former proselyte, and sent two
Mormon elders east to investigate the matter.
At least, Ashcroft suddenly received an inti
mation to that effect, and fear of tho avenj
preyed upon his mind to such un extont l
1 o lived for months in a barn, emerging only
at night to prowl for victuals. As ho alopt on
the hay it was revealed to him that ho was to
l>v a second Klljalt.
With this prophetic hallucination firmly fix
ed in his mind he emerged from his hiding
place in tho barn, convinced that ho was tho
ward of a heaven given protection. Hbortly
afterwards he shook the dust of Council Bluffs
from hia feet, nnd from that time until two
y cars ago ho was a wanderer. Ho wont from
place to place, remaining as long ns the ucoplo
would tolerate him, and subsisting on such food
us he could beg oi ' ‘
Two years ago
Platte. Following him at tbo tinio were half
a dozen dogs. Ho seemed greatly attached to
them, and they reciprocated his goal treat
ment by remaining closely at his heels. After
drifting about town for a few weeks, Jio went
a short distance north anil constructed tho
uncouth liut where Ills dead body was discov-
md. His family of dogs increased until, ou
his Mini-occasional trips to town, a troop of
nearly n score would he at Ills heels.
The moat of tho time ho had. all told, about
thirty dogs of various sixes, breeds anil ages.
He left the young pups and their mothers iu
the hut, but the others wero bis constant coni-
I-anii-iiH in all his rambles. Occasionally ho
would sell one, but reluctance nlwnys marked
the trade, and ho never would part witli ono
of them except to a person who in some way
had thowu him or tlie dogs a kindness.
Ariicroft lived mainly hy what was given
him by the townspeople, although he worked
reme, and generally had a little money. He
fid bin dogs with meat obtained at a neigh*
taring slaughter house. He wore cast off
clothing, people, as a rule, being very kind to
him in this respect. On sonic subjects Ashcroft
tecwed rational enough, but. get him started
o«i the Bible, or his heaven-given mission, and
bis vagaries knew no bounds. He claimed
that he would never die in the flesh; that he
was the second Klijuh. sent by God to
deliver bis people, and that he would
one day reign as a king on earth, but that his
time was not yet come. Ho could quote
scripture by the hour, and would talk ou his
dermrited hobby as long as be could find 11s*
tenon. When found he had sixty-five dollars
in Fiiited .States currency on his person, and
forty dollars in British gold and silver coin,
some of very old dates; the latter were Wrapp
ed in tobacco Inga and tied with Innumerable
strings. Indeed, Ashcroft seemed to be made
ofstrings and rags, his dress from heal to
foot being a perfect crazy-patch, although
hanging on pegs around the hut were several
fairly good suits of clothes.
S ILLICIT IHTOXICAVr.H.
cr would cure her. But Blr. Blake said that | oustion. "Ido
be must give any one who came to live in the j dhtilling going
she , .
home a kind of a warning, and he made her
write that letter to you that you never saw.
i don't doubt Bliss Katherine got hold of Uiat
letter, for she was always watching and sus
pecting The only person she was ever afraid
of was Blr. Blake, and she was too running for
him at last. But I'm afraid I'm tiring yon.
miss, and I haven't tohl you how we happened
to he up and awake that night.
“I must say it was all BIr. BUkc's doing, for
he was tliat worried when he went away at !♦
o'clock that lie made me promise to sit up all
night, and watch If everything went right.
"No I got the coachman and a friend of
mine to keep me company, and we sat and
“No,” said Collector Crenshaw In reply to a
'I do not think there Is more illicit
ago.”
now than a few months
"More stills are Wing seized?” suggested the
reporter.
“Ycf>; that is true.”
‘Then, how do yon account for it?”
"Well, sir,” Mushiugly said the collector,
"the men are simply getting in tatter work.
That is the way I account for It.”
Oue of bis men said that he thought there
was more stilling now than fur many years,
and that corn in Rahnn county was not worth
twenty-five cents a bushel rash, aud no de
mand for It at that price. The people in tho
mountain counties think there is more money
iu It to make It Into corn juice.
dreamroby nit lit for y
„ - _ WUYIIW,
breathed easier, for It nu tlio last
* autll no cot to Macon.
Waycross now. I oxr
. 0.1* -Iuy nnrl
. to come. X han
memories of Waycrotl. I like Woyi roji, for
It It a bright nnd plegnnt'town, ami hot good
hnielt nnd plegggtit hornet, gild Is kent lively
with moving trnlnt, bnt 1 had an
awful linn, gt wgyeron. Onr train
ttojiprd them and lind to wal i
for a train on another road, they tald, and
got out with other itmengeri and walked tho
broad platform, hilt keeping un cyo upon our
tlcrpcr and within eaay reach of It. Thera
were two tleoperg behind oura that belonged
to the train, and go I meandered along down
lowlier.* newsboy wss selling Bnvannak
morning upon. I gave him a quarter Mid
' itly waiting f
heard a dai
too pcnoeaUnd wot not of a character to iu*
tercot the public. So you perceive I have takes
the bint and told It all just as it w “
was all my fault. It was all my
I shall step off no more train
per, aud I now warn *11 travellers to stand „
the cm-, the wife Is in and not go fooling down
the line, Dick Hargis hollers “Allaboaid”
ins to buy a ^t-
mile, bnt 1
ever and anon somo poor fellow Hko mol.
bound to be left.
Farewell, Wayerot*. I found oomo pleasant
friends there before I left, and they comforted
me, especially tho host of tho Orand Central,
who waa sn old (IwlnnettJ boy, aud we re
vived many recollections of our youthful days.
But still when I think of Waycross, it is with
feelings somewhat like those we hove when
we visit an old-time battlefeld, where wo
fought, bled and died for liberty.
Bin. Aar.
BLOOD CALLED FOR.
El Paso, Tex., February 8.—Tho report of
tho officer in command of tbo Mexican troop*
who attacked Captain Emmett Crawford'a com
mand of United States troops while tho Utter .
were surrounding tho company of Oeronlmo,
the renegade Apaehe rhlef. about titty mile,
southwest of Nareori, Mexico, Is published In
the EstadoDl Chlhnahna, which reached hero
today. The report says:
-On January lllh we combatted a great number
of tamo and wild inalani, probably aver ao, led
by fbiclgn I United States) olllctn, aud over twenty
soldiers. They displayed net a sign of legality, as
was evinced as much by their itratesya.br tho
animals which they had, and widen 1 hold to
prove that they were stolen."
Mexicans are reported I
four wounded.
El Paso, Texas, February 4.—The feeling
in Arlaona and New Mexico In favor of
the tnmmary execution ef Uerontmo, the
‘ die chief, and the surviving members ot
iloml thinly band, is rapidly growing Into
a demand. Beporta received here rrom va
rious port ions of the two territories ravaged- by
the ml Aendt plainly indicate that the peopln
are gfeatly reused, and will oppow the usual
course punned by tho military authorities In
allowing the renegades to return to their reser
vations unpunished. They will demand that
was quietly 1 'waitlug'for tho change whon sud
‘ ‘ ’ ' ‘ irkey say: “Havannab Is
denly I
Just a
aronnd Instantly to seo what he meant
aud sure enough she was already a hundred
yards away moving like a black make over
the ground nnd getting foster with every
moment. Tho two rear eloepen hod been
mit off snd I did not know it. I will never
forgst the concentrated misery of that moment
whan I realised that my wlfo and helpless bo;
were gone and I was left. My heart aanL
down, my voice left mo and all niy philosophy
wss gono. I grew weak and faintish and rat
down on a boneb to oollrct myself
and consider the awful situa
tion. What will they do? When will thoy
And out that 1 am not somowbero on the train?
Tho boy will soon want me, I know, and his
mother will tend the porter to hunt mo up.
Tho conductor will toon call for oar Are, and
1 have tho passes, and my wife no money.
by she will learn that I am not on tlie
train, anu then, all! then. I could tee the
teats In ber eyes slid tbo quivering lips, and
tbo nervons restlessness of the liay, and
there was no help. Arousing
myself, 1 hurried to tho telegraph that was
clicking near by and asked hurriedly for a
dispatch to lie sent to Jesup so that the opera
tors there might tell tbo conductor or my wlfo
thst I was safe, and would overtake them at
Macon. My snxlsty waa Intense, but I got no
sympathy. The youth said all right, and I
waited for an aasursnee from tbo operator at
Jesup that ho would attend to it. I called
three limes for sn answer from
him, but got none. When for
the third iimo I naked and almost
begged for him to ask for a reply, ho raid with
uncivil Indifference: “I have got no lime, sir,
I ini busy. 1 ’ Well, bowes very bnsy—amoklng
cigar and chatting with a friend. He waa
not at the Instrument. A gentleman uear by
noted the incivility end tohl me i had better
go up to the Western Union if I wanted atten
tion. This was news to me, for I had thought
ail the time thst this waa the Western
nlou, bnt suddenly found that it
was only a railroad oAlco. 1 had
paldlhlm for a dispatch to Mr. Brown, of Ms-
con, that called for an an answer and two
hours had passed and none hail cumo. Ho I
went to the Western Union and repeated tv
Mr. Ilrowu end soon had a reply that be
would meet my wife and boy Mid take care
of them. Her desolation and distress was
complete when she teamed that
was roleeins—nobody called
ber or the conductor at
Jesup. The train rolled
man before ber fears began, and
Macon she imagined { bod fallen from the plat-
formor in someway had met my deatbpsnd when
at last she reached Macon anil Mr. Brown caaie
in the sleeper and told her I was all right she
end the boy both cried with joy. The
Brown bouse gave them kind welcome
and every attention. They bail a good night’s
rest snd were only aroused by a vigorous
knock at the door at four o'clock next morning.
That was me. The poet rays:
lorious boor of crouded Ufa
S an ago without * name.’’
«_t to we can somatlmea live longer
ami live more in a minute than at any other
time In a month. 1 dident blame ber
for slipping off and leaving me
and tba didn’t Idamo me for stopping at
Waytrota, bnt now tbit tbo long agony la
over we can smile at our mntnal wool and
fears. My kind and eoulderaU wife has not
told It on me hot fourtaen times op to this
date, and I don’t expect to hear of it any lon
ger than t live. Hhe gently hinted yettardey
that ehe didn't suppose that 1
would ever mention Waycross In
Sunday letter, for it sras most
ranegad o
ays that
nglon Insisting that Oeronlmo and his follow
ers be tried for murder under the local laws of
ere commit-
pacho chief expects tho
ramo privileges will ho extended to him as
were granted to his predecessors. IIo has
faith In tho humanity of General Crook and
tlio other leading oiBcors of tbo army. Ho
has alrrudy becu provided with rlotliinr, Is
well fed nnd eared for ami has oxprested
a desire to ho rcturnel to
Fen Carlos reservation as soon nfVnalblo.
Careful estimates place tho number of thoro
who were killed by those Aends during their
last rahl at 170. Many of the kllleii were
women havlug highly respected connections In
the oast. Mrs. Beater, whi^was outraged aud
then murdered near Drilling, was onco n hollo
InSedalla, Mo. If the people of New Mexico
and Arizona are permitted to have their way,
Ucronimo and his follower* will lie hanged.
Wauijkcitox, February A.—Honor
Itomero, the Mexican minister, at Washington,
hss received from the governor of the state of
Chihuahua, Mexico, an oAlclal report of tho
unfortunato encounter which tho Moxleau
force, hid with tho United Htate* troop., com*
mandril by Captain Crawford, at tho moon,
tains of Bavla, Chihuahua, on the 11th alto.
It Is stated Iu tho report, that tho
Moxlcan forces, commanded by Major
Nauricla f'orredoro arrived on that day at*
place railed Trojar, In thn sierra of flavls,
where they knew that tho Apache Indians,
who bod revolted, under the leadership of
(leronelmo, were. The Mexicans Ared on tho
United Htates troops in the belief that they
were hoetllrs, and Major Maurielo
Corrcdor, 1st lieutenant. Juan do l.aCrux,
snd two privates ivere killed, and four other
soldiers wounded. As soon as the Moxlran
forces found out that they ware tiring on
United States soldiers, thoy stopped Aring and
expressed to the latter their regret at the lessea
ocrasloiKd to both tides. The report trivia a*
an txento for the above mlstako the difficulty
distinguishing the
Indium from the scout* snd
while the latter generally behtved themselves
when they stein their ramp and under view of
their officers, when they got ont muler tho
pretext of hunting or looking for hostile In
dians, or otherMomclinies commit groat depre
dations on tho peoeeftil Inhabitants of
tbo frontier, and cannot readily
bo illstlnsulihcd from tbo hostile
ludians. Irwss reported from Mexico that Urn
srnnts killed and wounded on the 17th of De
cember a considerable number of cattle and
bones belonging to Jose Maria Torres, and
that tm tho Sid, while they were in camp at
a place distant iliout a utile from (lutaadu,
Sonora, seven of tho scouts entered the village
end committed great outrages, and the
mayor was furred to sik for armed force* to
bring them to order, end in a right which en
sued one of the scouts waa wounded. The
same Indians killed aftersrerds eleven head of
rattle and wounded other*neardremadas, anil
killed two men who were leading two mule*
loaded with goods, which were stolen by
the - areata. It is also reported
that Francisco Garcia and two
other Mcxlrtns were attacked by
fronts on the Ath of January on the road that
leads from Nacosari to Clmpas. The Mexican,
reeded In escaping, lint thelrdonktya, their
go and pack saddles ware captured by the
scouts. The report says farther that tho "Con
stitution, a journal ef the state of Bonora, eon-
tains* detailed statement of all the outran*
committed by tho scouts, and tbo null
‘itlon to th* general
the scouts to crow over
Into Mexican territory,’ 1
A Fort as Well as iTtinpl*.
From the Chicago News.
Two yean hence—1887—It Is hoped that the
great Muimon temple at Halt Lake, whose glUMr-
ins white walls riaeeliht llcety above the ground,
and ore not yet ready for th* roof, asay be i
The walla have, above the
_ religions temple, ana, I—
not Intended lobes boose of worship so much as
a temple In which mysterious rites, such as are
SXSi bJSftSSSd. “bn & ■SSs-
second, eight phase* of themooo: the huembjaepj
ggBartgSassiBE
reemif-l 11 ttw u bo vanquished and the mUlsot
nluabfffn-