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ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 10, 1886,
PRICE FIVE CENlo,
SETH GLEPHTOH'S HEW HAND,
[Cbncludad.j
CHAPTER HI.
It wu the close of a suuuy aftomoon
la, May. There had been little doing at
Motor’* ranch that day, nearly all the men
feeing away at tlio round-up with Mr. Astor;
and Harry had taken a half holllday, which
meant a long ride with Isabel. They were rd-
innifiv? from- thia exruralon now, and had
prated. for tf.‘moment to watch, tha enn set
behind the anowpeaka of the Itocky mount
ains. A minute ago they had beeu deeply en
gaged in ronveraation, kept np principally hy
Harry, who had been for the lint time, talk
ing of hlr younger dayi and explaining his
ttaaons for leaving England, unconsciously
String hi, sympathetic companion n deeper in-
night into bis character and nature than she
had ever been able to get before; end Isabel'!
cheeks were glowing with interest. As he
concluded she had said earnestly;
“How very, very tad! How could yon live
I should have tried |b kill myself If I
had been to miserable."
And Harry had turned upon thegitl abruptly
as the spoke, with a glance of such intensity
in hit large, sarnast eyes that the dropped hen
in coufuaiou, and then both bad pulled up and
now pared in alienee at the red glow of the
setting ion.
.“Tell Tom Til be with him in half an hour.'
The surpor cobked and eaten, Harry rose.
tobacco. I nr .
Beth nodded caieiealy and proceeded to fob
low his' hoot’s directions. Scarcely was the
Englishman out of the room, however, before
he moved rapidly to hit bed. and grasping
Harry's pistol, tehL there while its owner pro.
pared sapper, Beth dexterously throw out all
the cartridges, replacing them with dummies
the cartridges, replac log them with
similar in appearance taken from his own belt.
Then ho marie a Journey round the room, trying
the leeks of drawers and cupboards; but not
appropriating anything except a box of rifle
cartridges. Ho had lately concluded hia sat-
Ivey when Harry retained, sad alter smoking
some time la silence the • two men turned in.
Before he went to bed Harry examined his
revolver, bnt without noticing that it had been
tampered with.
■For five hours tbedesneradoand hi, host lay
sleeping the sleep of the just By this, time
11 l, -‘ js “ — —"*
the moon wss high in thoMareneand .lim’y
'IIUIJC IVIUi
“Yea, I hare often longed for death.' Never
more so. perhaps, than Just before your father
gave mo employment. Bnt during the last taw
months that with has left me entirely, thanks
go your motbtiand—you. It will never return
ngain, either; for I see the wickedness or the
longing now. a thing which I never did
There wu anothor silence after this, for
Jssbel made no reply to Harry’s remark*, and
thea the Englishman uttered an exclamation,
his quick ear catching the sound of spproach-
ing steps. The young people torned and rode
Jolanrely toward the ranch. Along the *anje
road, quickening Ills pace u he ns the wave
of a lady's habit, wu a horseman, With a start
Harry recognised an old acquaintance—Seth
Clephton.
“Ha. Ham, is that yon?" remarked that
indivldnal. fixing hia eyes on Isabel even
while he spoke, and with a quick turn of his
horse's head, polling up at her side. “Min
Aster, I presume? Happy to make y
■juaintanco, madam.”
This was all said before Harry could get in
A word. label for her port, after one swift
occupants. Tha light seemed to disturlBL ..
for his biauketr began to move slowly and
uoiielcsily, until they wore rolled altogather
back, and the desperado, with the stealthiness
of movement few people but Indiana cau ac
quire; drew bn his boots, and then, grasping
cocked revolver, with his uuAuiBm
Harry Enfield, sat perfectly
tently. At last be tnrnca^H
quick, vigilant movement; he heard fbotstcpll
outride. Be rose and stood erect. It was a
critical moment. With the cruel, mocking
smile on' bis lips, Beth Cienhton. took a step
Un
forward and aimed foil at the sleeper's breast.
Just aebe did so there wss a sharp knock it
the cabin door. With a gesture of surprise the
ad uo uiu so tho slsoper moved;
Seth-wheeled round, revolver In hand, and
found that the Englishman bad risen to his
feet; there wu a shot, a heavy fall, and then
the sound «t men grappling for Ufe and death.
Those whqhhi knocked at the doornow threw
themselves against It with .inch force that the
lock gave way. They were a doxen Astor cow
1* vtwiu, asauvi, tut UVI JMl by MU.I UUD »n IIV
glance at the stranger, averted her bead with
n frown and heightened color that did not
• « aiu pretty well, thanks, Seth,", replied
iho Englishman, teaching his horse also with
ment to the right, leaving room for Harry to
pass let ween her mutef and the young lady,
which he accordingly did, adding at the same
time to the desperado: “And where are you off
to now? - '
‘Town,’’ wu the reply. “Bnt I don’t cab
c'lnto to go ihrthcr than Mr. Astor's tonight
If yon can. put me up.”
At this cool request Harry saw Isabel invob
untariiy shudder. Ho bit his lip and watchod
the unvekomo vbitor narrowly, autworing In
n cold tone:
“Well. Seth, I guest that is possible. By the
by, we are late; let ua go home at a lope.”
Quic kCaing their pace they toon reached the
ranch. Upon their arrival 8eth leaped from
lii> horse and stepped actively toward Isabel
to help her dismount. Quick u he was, how
ever, Harry wu before him; and at this second
rebuff Clcphton’s eyes blued, and hia lips,
before half-open u he gazed at label, now
tlrew back Into a thin blue line. Nothing wu
said, however, nntU the two moo reached the
stable, and when Seth did apeak it was in hia
customary smooth, friendly tone.
‘ g, Harry, to havo got
“You're a lucky dog,
round old Astor to well, and be on such terms
with—ahem!—hi* fomily. Bat say, you mutt
let mo have a deal tonight for our friendship's
sake; make yourself agreeable to the old
woman, wbilo I—ha, ha!—have a little Itlrta*
tiou with the young one.”
For more than a minute Harry made no re
ply to this delicate hint; when did so at last
his voice was strained ond dry, and he turned
iWjnareJy round upon the desperado.
“.Seth, I don't want to hurt your feelings.
You’ve been mr friend, though we shall not
see much of each other in future, and I shall
not go back on you at any time if 1 can help
it; tmt we must understand each other first of
nil. You will not see anything of Miss Astor
or her mother tonight, because you will have
supper aleno with me, and we ahall spend the
evening in my shanty."
To these words Hcth Clephton au sure red
nothing; ho was specehless with suppressed
fury and astonishment. That he. the most
feared man in the connty, should tie thus defied
by one of his own gang was monstrous, incred
ible; he conld hardly believe his ears. But
ho found his tongue at length, and spoke rap
idly under his breath, trying to regain his
“Boy! fool! What are you about? Don't
yon know that the life of a man who—who—
thwarts me ain't worth a curse 1“ Then, ia a
clearer tone: “1 have come to make Isabal
Astors acquaintance. Jt was for that I sent
you hero three months ago. Do you intend
to prevent me?”
"Certainly I do, and will, Seth.” was the
penetrating and determined as the
desperado's own. "My reason ia that yon are
mot fit to be in her presence. If you bad not
been kind to tne once you would have been
escorted off this ranch half an hour ago at the
ing for the night; but I warn you, if you value
your life, not to allude to Miss Astor again be
fore me."
“Ah-li!"—the desperado was comparatively
calm now, his qnictncss reminding one of a
tiger when creeping toward its prey. "That's
the understanding,is it? Good! I—see—now.
You have deserted us. and are a respectable
citizen. Well, I am sorry for you. but it is
your own Amoral.”
With his last word** Seth entirely resumed
his ordinary cool, mocking tone ana manner.
Without further remark the men left the sta
ble, Harry leading the way toward a oue-
ntd log *
. hot which formed hit sleeping
apartment, his meals being taken at the ranch.
Xhere was. however, an open fireplace and
Kome rough cooking utensil*. and presently a
Mexican brought some mutton, molasses, coffee
and a loaf of bread, with which materials
Harry i**ran his preparations for supper.
While still in the midst of this the Mcxk-in.
who had gone outside, now reappeared and
)>c< kss'.ed to bis master.
"Sc nor.”
“Well, Juan, what is itr
“Bed Tom wishes to speak to yon at tha
stable, tenor; shall I tell him yon will come
after supper?”
Harry tmlied his eyebrows and looked
iharply at tha boy. noticing an earnestness of
tone as be pat the last question which seemed
unwarranted by iu simplicity;
beys armed to the teeth, and at the sight before
they gave a hoarse, exultant cheer,
.—r,for,kneel
Ingon-his adversary's chest, holding him down
by mtin strength, wne Harry Enfield. Seth
*. Ido late; the Englishman’s hands
had fifed
werer already on hia throat, and in a hand-to
1 struggle the desperado had little chance.
band
As Spth rocognixed the nowcomexs he uttered
a sonorous carve, and ceased struggling at
OI1CO. *-v
“Boys,” said Harry, panting with hia exer*
tions, “get-some rope end tie up this fellow.”
A cowboy speedily produced a rawhide lasso,
and in less .time than it takes to tell (t Seth
was securely hound ami helpless. The des-
Was securely bound and helpless. The des-
Rersdo, however, looked upon his cantors with
a mocking smile.
“Oh,-you Vo u plucky crowd! Gotmonoiv,
Harry, haven't you? Hu, ha!”
©neT>f his mcns3__ ...
“Mayn't we string him np now. Mr. Enfield?
It’ll rave the sheriff a job.
"No,” wss the reply. “I have promised him
■inlet he shall have it. Hullo! what’s that
Harry paused. A heavy tramping of borsas’
hoofs became audible, coming nearer and near-
a harsh laugh from
or, drowned, however, by
Seth and bis exclamation
"Here's the gang at last; now for some
Aim J”
For a moment the Astor cowboys turned
the place. But Harry Enfield was cool and
collected, and delivered his orders in a voice
the tone of which alone was enough to rouse
the spirits of his men.
“Joan,” he said, turuiug to tho Mexican,
"cock your six-shooter amt sit by Beh Clcph-
ton’s side. If lie says a word or makes a souud
to attract his men put a hole through him at
Then cocking his revolvor, and briefly tell
ing hfs men to remember the ladies and givo
no currier. tho Englishman hastened out. Ai
rly the desperadoes had surrounded the
ich. and were making a furious attack on
the doors and windows, one of which was fast
giving way. With a yell of rage the Astor man
attack, firing as they ran. A
‘ od tkr<
rushed to the
. ' roe fell;
but the rest, led by Harry, cloaed with the
desperadocN and fought like lions. It was a
struggle: probably had 8eth Clephton been
ablo to do hia share the result of the scrimmsge
would have been very doubtful-even as it was
the desperadoes, all men of determined cour
age, outnumbered the cowboys by three; bnt
Harry Enfield’s personal strength and example
cd the day. Fortunately he did not pause
to fire his revolver. Beeing four men crowding
through the door that had given way, he threw
the pistol aside and caught up an axe lying on
tlic woodpile hard by. Wielding this weapon
as if it wss a feather brush, he attseked the
desperadoes. Only one of them laid his hand
on the door leading to Mrs. Astor’s room, and,
even aa he did so, he received a blow on the
temple that killed him instantanaously. A
moment later the desperadoea outside, their
hands full enough as it was with tha obstiuata
attack of the Astor men, saw n tall hatless
figure bounding toward them vrhfrh they knew
well. Two aimed and fired at it, but without
result, and then, lieforo the Englishman reached
them, they scattered right and left mounted
their horses, and five minutes later there was
not a living desperado on the place: the woun
ded contriving, os only desperadoes can, to
reach their horses and ride off in snite of the
i alone lay in
, w ... . mouth with
helpless rage, steadily covered with Juan’s
revolver.
A messenger was now sent to Ghentburg, the
nearest town, for the doctor and tne sheriff,
and when the morning dawned there was Utile
outward trace of the Clephton raid* Accom
modation was found for the wounded cowboys
in the herders’cabins, and Isabel and her mo
ther insisted upon personally ministering to
their wants In spite of the remonstrances of the
Ghentbnrg doctor, who did not appear to con
sider white-handed ladies capable of such im
portant work aa nnrsing.
A fortnight later Mi. Astor heard of the raid,
and despatched a note to Harry full of heart*
felt gratitude and rough, plainspoken praise.
Of coarse the young Englishman’s exploits
were coon all over the country, and he was
speeedily exalted into a hero, the country
newspaper publishing a fanciful account of hia
life, and styling him “au honor to his race and
country.'’ But in his own estimation his con
duct had l*en little worthy of praise, and the
extravagant admiration be excited filled him
wilb the deepest shame. Harry was not, in
deed. unmoved by the expressions of gratitude
that fell from the Ups of Mrs. Astor and her
daughter, but he answered them with an un
sparing account of his former friendship with
ft tli Mcphton. and no arguments of theirs
could convince him that it bad not been the
rnnin cause of the desperadoes’ raid. As for
Beth Clephton, he was banged with all due
honor to one of his high rank of life—that is
to say, the day of the execution was made a
universal holiday. Harry, true to his promise,
made every effort to save him. but without
result, public feeling on the subject being for
too strong; and this failure made the English
man gloomier than ever.
As time want on, however, and the wounded .
cowboys recovered, Harry Enfield’s self-re-r
proach gave wav to more cheerful feelings.;
Not long after Mr. Astor’s return from tho
round-up he found courage to tell hiiu of a ;
certain nope, the thongfat of whlrb, since the
night ot the Clephton raid, had been almost
more than ho could bear tor keep to himself,
' and the result was that, a week after this, tho;
twelve aspirants for Isabel Astor's hand heard,
without surprise, that her loro had been won
by axiothcr; and in the evenings that followed,
passed away; and that now, enriched by]
tho devotion and sympathy of a noble, true
hearted woman, it had bccomd a precious and
sacred thing for evermore. * )
JOHN COFFEE. '* I
Tho Murderer ot Deputy Marshal Merritt
i I bllll at Large.
Lula, Ga., March. 8.—[Spocisl.l—John Cof
fee, the murderer of Deputy Marshal John,
Merritt is still at large.
Just why this Is I cannot say. Perhaps some
oue is walling for, a reward to bo offered* I
heard on© man say today: “I will try to get
himif they afTer a reward, but I don’t care to
risk my life for nothing,” Tho posso which.
came up yesterday morning from Gainesville
”' " get one hundred yards away from tho:
depot, and jel there was a crowd largo enough
to,eat the murderer up.
The citizens here appear to be greatly out
raged, and yet they don’t
about’the murder.' They say they might get
ttCOB PRATT’S FGO
A NEW JERSEY DIALECT STORY,
By II.rR.rtt Hammond Bckanhh.
(Copyrighted, ISM, by 8.8. MoClure.|
"No, rro never lad no book-Urulti', ma'am,
-’aono on ua bnt 811., an' him my Undo James
live ichoolin 1 . You don’t knownothlu' 'boutIt,
bein', it’a before your tine, but In them d»y» lb
ira'n’t free schoolin'. It rraa flv* or alx dollars
I» quarter, an' ao if yon didn’t pay tor tho fml
quarter, you couldn't go back tho second
Sec?"
' The speaker peered np In my face a. If
ascertain that 1 fully understood him. He <
■a pitiful, yet comical-looking littlo old man,
with a ault of rusty brown,(atcbed,frayed mini
urease-spotted, end bis thin white hair, quite
innocent of barbers'ahears, falling down
bind hit large red ears.
“Well, ro.'am, there werc.eleveu of us,
jtone 'cept him could write their name.”
Ho mid this so triumphantly that II struck
i to® that ha had an odd pride In tho ignorance
■ .if the cloven of us." .
t “However, I learned my trade pooty good—
... —. my trade pooty good -
;I’m a cheer bottomer, you know—an’ 1 war-
late trouble, aa Coffee is a desperate man. and
would not hesitate to put it bullet through any
man who Interfered. Hoiaa bad man, and
baa given this vicinity no little tnnble in
many ways. When be clerked tot hia brotbar
Joel here be would get off hie base occasionally
and run half tha men oatof town. He finally
became so ungovernable that Joel Coffee wu
forced to discharge him.
John Coffee married a-mtet estimable lady,
to groafeiy uuw- v- • viiwr uutwiucr, juu Know—till i WB1
to want to talk ’rant I never yet tnmed out a poor job.;Whmt.
bev did baa been dona uncommon gooil, but.
I never turned oat no work what would spilo
tmt several month, ago the quit him and mov
ed to dalnesvillo. It it said that he treated
her very badly and that aha could live with
him in.no peace. John kept his ton with him,
and ha ia n bright, manly Hooking young fol
low, but hia fhthor has ipoV " ' *-
s spoiled him by humor-
e woman, Mila Burden, with whom John
Coffee - has been living, ia * notorious
character. Though young in years she is old
in tin. She ia tho daughter of old man Kirk-
citizen of this county, but who took to drini
and is now almost nn outcast. When this girl
was sixteen years old sho -married a track
hand uamed Burden, an honest and industri
ous young fellow. Alter a few months ho
■a that hia wife was untrue to him,
and ho quit her. ~A' babo. was"
born, and he succeeded' in getting j
lion ot it. After Burden quit her she B
to go down npidl^MMkMto^H
Mirak a lectio lomlor, ‘cause, as I say, I’m get-
Ua’deef, lint. Yea, 1’ro hed eight ov ’em—
•aplrtly, ami Haw] for sever, •i->|U , 'adeid an' four's a.)!rtn' < m„ aw 'on, *'■„
dJtsaMWa -Wlto Woman-- 4?>ngM* Wmenr wc:
ally of four children,'two opcaa plain, a fool, ms’i
ere, who lias n family
white and two;black. John CoffeaML JW
like the woman, and suceeaded, without any
t ata little shanty just aiwro Belton, where
m-.v Tim sum, TIMED
in a reckless manner. They kept in the
Chop a few boxes of oysters, sardines, crackers
and other things for a blind. Pure mountain
dew wsa dished out to all who wanted It at a
low price. White it ia not a positive fact, yet
it is believed that John Coifeo supplied hia
n Illicit distillery of which ha was
and boas. Some time ago this bold,
canted the prostitute with
owner and
bad man car ..
whom he was living to bis mother's home, and
wbenHn. Coffee a most excellent old lady,
spoke to John about bis misconduct he became
enraged and abated hia mother, saylag that
ami that
the woman was as good aa anybody, anu ,u»
she should not ba insulted. John Ooffeo alia
bad almostaaerioua difficulty with his brother,
Joel, because he said that the woman was a
protlltuto. Tho least hint of the woman’! true
character would cause John to go wild with
auger, to completely wrapped up in her was
he.
It was aboot a woman of this character
THAT HE KIM.EI) Mil.KW
at Longview about savin yean ago. While
cold-blooded murder as the ono he committed
Saturday night. After the murder kt Long
view ho went to Montana and remained about
three yean, before coming back
here. 1 don’t think he
ba. ever keen tried for Jibs murder. I was
> ieavethere. lie has always
■ reckless dare dovil life,
the people here dread
man aiv
lead
and
bln.
Ad stated In my telegram last night, John
Merritt, the murdered man, had been to the
woman, Leila Burden, at the doggery, and
told her that if she woald gather sallleisnt
iroof to convict John Coffee of illicit distilling
would
«IVI HER TEH DOM.ARS.
To tbit tho woman assented, bat as soon at
offee cam# homo tho told him all that Mer
ritt bail told. Coffee at om-o said ha would
get cveo|wilh him, and told several that he
intended to kill him. To Bection Master Bel-
' rs. whom ho met on the railroad, he said
“I intend to kill that d—n scoundrel Mer
ritt, and thia ia the any I will put fiva hultets
‘ ' ' ----- ndiipg ids
through hia cussed Mart,” and
Utol, a doublo-ai'ting, self-cocking Smith A
Uesson, he fired five shots into a telegraph
■ole, fifteen paces off, the belie not being more
i ban an inch a Dirt,
When Coffee called Merritt out of
Logan’s restaurant aud walkel in the
alley between Logan's and Smallwood's Mer
ritt wu unarmed. Coffee
SHOT AT IIIM FIVE TIMES,
but only one hslltook effect, it passing through
his hart and lung, killing him lutantly. Tha
other halls went through the weatherboard lug
of the bouse. Oue bullet hole in the wail ia
slanting, which showed that Coffe# fired u he
ran off. It is auppostd that MerriU fell at the
first shot, and the flash of the pistol blinded
Cedes to that he could not tell where he wu
shooting. Home cartridges were found on tho
ground, and tha citizens believe that Coffee
had them in his hand ready to relood.
The Coffees have ban very busy all the
mernfor. Ko one an tell what they are do
ing. Ed Coffee, who lira ten raila from here,
wu in town early this morniag tad spoke to
one or two partia about what John owed
them. Joel Coffee went np and closed up
John's little store this morning. The little
man is still considerably excited, and
there ere men here who fear that John
will coma hack and give them a puli or two.
He ha often aid that whan be did lave this
part of the country he would lavo-something
for the people to remember him by.
THE IHql'rAT AHI> IKTXKMEXT.
flAUcnviLLE, (la., March {special,]—
The train that brought down the body of
Merritt, th^nunlered .deputy marshal, wu
several hours late on yaterday, and by tho
time It reached here hand reds of people hid
iblcd at the depot. On arrival tho
body
wu placed in a bane and carried to tho court
haute.
Drs Hsro.Cower and Thompson probed tor the
boll, and found that it had passed directly
* — *'— and lodged in tht
through the hart and long
tdekbone.
my good name. You'll ice what good work
,do when I bring (hia bore cboer Cuk,!’ nod
ding down at grandmothar'a chair, behind
,which ha had stationed himself. “Butm-
grade ain't what it were onc't. What will
■them making tbeu new Tangled, wood bottom-
ed ones, an’ the rich folks thronin' aside an
.old char or so, as not Worth mendin’, Its
tough times, tough tima theeo days, ma'am."
Poor old .restore; how little bo know what
an embodiment of tough times ho wu in hie
diminutive person ! He pouted to take a chaw
ef tobacco, fumbled in his vat pocket, and
then continued his unasked confidences.
“Hi wife hu had the asthmy, three year
on six months. She haint bin to btd once in
that hull time. She sets in her char o’ nlghte.
Wc have burned a ton of coal already this
winter, an’ it'a now comm' February. May
tnaea I bom wood, but nlghte I make a coal
Ire tor mother.
■ “i am uventy-two yar old. Yea, I am spry
tor iny years. I'd walk a mile rather than
Mich up the old mare. I’m a lcotle deef, an’
When 1 eat beef I hev ter ewellow without
jfench chewln," which don’t give me much
I children, ma'em? You'll hev to
livin’, (inc ov'cm, tin
wcie. well, she wore. ti_
. - , ma’am. T’vo hecrod us some
on tho neighbor! colled her Jacob Pratt’s fool,I
Iwhich the ware, truly (pukin'. Sho were bora
so. Wo alien thought ther wer entilin' a (ce
llo strange about her; but then the but o’ In-
Ibies halu't much of sense fmt off. she were
f»t. nice Iraby, plump as n quail in a buckwheat
■field, srith rings of yollor hair ovor her hud,
an’the whitest complected skin I ever soen.|
8U1I, there were rathln' about her a lectio dif
ferent from t'others. She were backward to a
I degree, an’ naver crept, on’ were eighteen
montbsold afore aho uld “daddy,” an', if
you've notiesd, gal babies air alien quick ter
use their tenguu.
“Well, the neighbors wor quicker thou us
(er notice iho wer lackin', and of course some
ov ’em dMut wind uyin’oo, which riled moth
er considerable, though mother lied hed bor
kind o’ doubts about it.
“Well, wo wanted to know for flair, sol
called Hr. 81ms In one day when he were a
rillin’ by. I want you to look at our Lois
Ann,’ says I, 'and tell me what alls bar.'
ii «uu inn uio nuu mm nor.'
.What,’ Uya bo, 'the! there baby o’ yourn?
Well, air, I kin tell you sritbout lookin' what
by this time—sho Is a foolish child; ths liun't
nil her wnice.'
“Well, ma’am, mothar wont on terrible when
the doctor settled it fur ns. 'What hav wa
done,’ says she, 'to hiv sick a disgrace?
There’s a plenty u ’ll crow ovor ns hovln' a
nut’ral food for our child. I am u smart u
anybody, an’ I never sun u how yon wer
lackin'. 1 am ashamed, ashamed. 1 don't
know where to bide my head. I with she
were dead, or noror bed bin born.’
“Now, ma’am, I don't want yon to migjitdgo
mother. Bhe wu mighty proud tpoerlted, an'
couldn’t abide the thought of hevin’ it uid wo
hed a fool iu our family. ’You ken take tho
ice u tootle of her
“Well, ma’am, mother it uocommou sot io
her way when, the does git her head sot, an' 1
■ee the meant jiat what (be said, an’ ware
turned (fill her own flesh and blood; bnt I
want you to understand, ma'am, I'm moanin',
no harm to mother; abo’a altors bin a good wife
“Well, 1 work at my cheers, ma'am, io a
lictto housed the end o' our lane. It lias a
winder, an' doer, an' room fur my traps, on’ a
lcetle stove—at least I did in them days,
ma'am, but now ia cold weather I do. my
work in the kitchen by mother’s (mo an her
is all alone now,) but then, as I were uying, I
did it altogether io ray chop, en’ bein’ I bed
do double dooty to lectio Lois Ann, I oilers
took her to the shop an’ kept her by me.
' Well, nu’sm, hevin' her alien by me, an’
alien hevin' her on my mind, on’ altors seein’
her so good-natured, on'fair complected, au’
hevin’ her grow so dretful toad o' mo (shs wor
ried if I. wore out o'her sight i, I began to grow
amazin’ fond o’ her. u wu nat'ral. You coder-
stand haw perfectly nat'ral it were ma'am?
Mother didn't want her around tho house
day times, far tour some one woald see her, so
she didn't even ret her vitUee at the table, but
I made her a little table iu the shop, an’ she
alien took bar meals there.
“I used to bate to leave her alone there,
when 1 wont to get cheers or take ’em home
agin. I hed soma of the children tor look
after her thea, for mother never would bur to
igyteking her along with me. She won't
gain’ to hev oar disgrace spread broadcast, aha
argead.
“It ware the summer that she were four
year old that tbsy got tha scarlet fever ia the
public school, and oorto got it aud brnng it
home.
an’ three oa ouFn, u bright children as
yon ever sea, died. That wer tough—tough!”
Even efter the loaf lapoo of yean since this
affliction, hit lip trembled recounting it, and
bo drew bis soiled (leave across hisj eyes.
"Yes, it wer tough,” be reputed tremulously,
Iky an’ Katy an' John, Urea all dlad! Lola
Ann, shs btd it tbs lightest of all. Poormoth-
wu nigh crazy, ma’am, as wall she might
ho, an’ she haltered, 'Why want it Lois Ann
could a’ spared bar au'
instead o' Katy? Wo
williu!' An’ then it come to me jut like
knlfcrtbruat.'Omy Ood, I couldn't spore ay
own lcetle Lois Ann, wiUln.'
“Lola Ann didn’t rates them u was dead
much, tar she bed me, for I wen all bar world.
Of coone, we never ssnt bar to school—why
should wt? Bha couldn’t ha' teamed an’ would
he’I
“Once we all went to Hackensack ter git th*
children's daggertypu token, an'I wanted ter
rible to bar* Lois Ann's took too, but mother
Just put licr foot down bard, Sho wouldn't
bev no •!fh foolishness; it wer enough
ter hev tor see
round, tho said,
I^jhr up ; but I Mlovo, ma'am, if
had been opened to my hurt
could hev boon soon, Loir Ann's plctur' could
hev been aeon there.
“Well, ma’am, I’m cornin' to tho ond, Ono
mornln' I hed to go ovor to Hackensack with
s load o’ chcore, to I says to lectio Lois Ann,
'Daddy’s golh’ away fer quite a spell, an’ If
you’re a real good girl ho'll bring you some
candy!' Sho wor oncommon fbnd o' candy,
an’ 1 used to git her some onto in a way or
. . It were In December, an’ pretty cooliah, an
1 hailto good fire In tho shop to keep her
warm, an' told Eivlry, that’s the oldpst, to
look In onec In a white an' keep it gout’ an'
see she didn't come to no harm. Sho Hood tn
tho winder watchlu' mo u I drove out o’ the
note, an' 1 heered bor call pitiful like,‘Daddy,
Daddy!' An' I abotdr my head at her an' luffed
ter keep her poor lcetle spirit* np.
“Well. It were four o'clock that afternoon
when I driv ovor tho bridge that air a mllo
below our hotuen by the mill. As I driv put,
Tom Bogant hollers from the mill door an’
pnlled nn the mare.
“ ‘Hollo,’ uya hr, 'tliet's a bad accident np
to yoilr placer
“’What do you mean?’ uys f,ali taken
aback, an’ of a tremble.
“ 'Why, thet than foolish child
fell onto the stove an' boon burnt
"1 dun know how ovor Igot ho
driv to bard belbro. IJiitToft tL-,
hitched, an’ ran in (ho kitchen. There wore-
lotto' neighbors there, an’ ou the bclwere my
poor Jcetlodyin’Lois Ann, She were burnt
IT IS WEAVER.
SO PHOPSSSOR CLARK. THE CO
LUMBUS BMBALMBBR.SAYS.
aa Obio Vnd.rtaker wfco Xosw tvsavsr in Indus-
ap.il.,Where He So01 Him Comm, T.U. a
interesting atom About to. od T.I»
Clock Jt.n-wer Holt Not non..
Prof. Clark, of Oelnmlmo, Ohio, is at tho
Markham. Ho b the undertaker who embalm
ed Plercr. the Texas stock man who wu
kilted in the (ieorgla l'acifio accident at
the - seventeen mllo tank. and
knew Jamea Plereo Weaver in
Indianapolis, and whan lie embalmed tho body
of tho Tcxai stock man in Westvieir ho do
ctored that it wu James P. Wearer, at one
time an undertaker in Indianapolis. Tht pro-
n
from her feet to her head, they uid, and I
Tut her lai
mua'n't touch her. But her face ware the
same u ever, an’ when she beared my hollo: oho
jist turned her poor eyes onto me. ‘Daddy!’
sho soys, oh so pitiful, so pitiful! ‘ltesr Dad
dy I' Then, ma am, aho looked right oast
and upward, sty' smiled, uot at r
if ever I see a soul born, ms •itfKrWre
in Lola Ann’s eyes. Sbe bad fouud bor soul,
an'seen the apgels! Mo an'mother hadn't a
foolish child uo more.
"I know I’ve biu too long tclllu’ yon this,
ma'am, an’ mobba it don't matter to other
folka, bnt if by Ood'a grace, ma'am, I ovor got
up yonder, I know my lectio Lola Aun'll bo
waitin' for me at tho gate, with just that soul-
look in her eyes, cry Id'joyful like, ‘Dady, dear
Daddy!"’
AN ACROBATS LUCK.
II. Wins (Ini ll.art and (,'nlin the Hand
of Lovely Girl* “
f ine of Atlanta’s prettiest and mast captiva
ting seventeen-year-otd glrto married Uu
acrobat in Bblcldi's ten cent circus on lut
Thursday.
Miss Averiott wujustbudding Into woman
hood when sho gave up a pleasant homo and
Htho odoruf uwdust and tho Tu r-b-
tef tho brow baud constantly prevail.
■Tho acrobat who won tho heart of Mist
.Averiott wu George Patfonon, tho man who
made tho fonrlcu double-someruult while
swinging through tho air from ono horizontal
bar to tho
During the atay’of Shield’s ten cent circus in
Atlanta the tont wu stretched on the vacant
block at theoorner of Hunter aud Loyd streets
Ono block from tho tent on Pryor strut Miss
Avcritt’s grand mother residrs and the young
lady poised much of bor time with her grand
parent. On Wednesday lut, one week ego,the
BggR COUTH TO* HOME TIME,
soiling goods from his factory In Cotumbas,
and will remain in tho city several days. Yds-
tentey white surrounded by a party of At
lanta men who havo beeome interested in th*
Pierce-Weaver atory. I'roC Clark uid:
“Thor* can ba no donht (n my mind about
the matter. That man out there in WoHvlew
Is Jam re Ptorco Weaver, once an undertzlfcr
In Indianapolis.”
"From ths tut Imony there scorns to be a
good deel of doubt,” remarked ouo of hit
lloto new.
“None At All. There to every reason to be
lieve that the dead man is Weaver. Even the
Plereo crowd mako It appear that tho dead
man la not the man they want to make him
young lady accompanied by a haif'doH
friends, v .... .
. went to the cireno. When the party
isueed under the canvass Him Averiott wu
heart whole and fancy free but when oho cams
out tho wu neither. During tho show she
uw Patterson and bis fins physique and daunt
less revolutions la the air comptetoly capti rat
ed her. Patterson somehow happened to
UOVE T0K YOI.’KO lady
How?"
“Well in the first place they claim that
James Woods Pierce, tholr man, aru six feet
tell. Now tha
BODY OUT 1* TIIE CKMETEP.r
ia resting la a flv* foot nine lurk coffin.
How’s (hat? t'aayou put aaix foot manias
coffin five feet ana njno Inches long? I have
been an nndertakerfor years and I have noror
been able to do so.”
‘Tl.atdly, I gneu.” uld tome one present.
“Then ogaln. Tnko the testimony of ths
Texts crowd. Sift It. Every ono swears that
they have known J. W. Pierre bryeffrs. That'!
oral testimony. Aak them to show you upiece
of documentary evidence to establish their
claim and whot'a tha result? Why, his mar-
rlsge certificate to the lady who claims him at
bar husband and ovary
sill or hale nr iiouem
he bu given date back within tho past tow
years. Every piece of peper touching the
Tcxu man in any shape whatever, is listed
sinco Weaver left Indianapolis. And they
have not produced a scrap with ids game or
uaik dated previou. to that time." ...
"Jambs like you arc right.”
“Well, that isn’t *11. Do you remember a
note book tbut wu found on the man who war
killed in which a prescription wu recordod?
Well, that prescription wu written by tiro
same baud that wrote letters to Mrs. Wesrtr
io Indianapolis. Think. In tho deed man’s
pocket was a hand writing, Mrs. Weavor bad
LETTEU moM HER HUSBAKO,
and expert* the best In your city, swore that
H*o bandwriting In the tetters and the hand
writing in that book were tho nine.”
“italics a good com, doesn't it?” uktdono
of tbe crowd.
'•Well, yes,” uid tbe profemor. “Tbeu
again Hr. Lock ridge, one of the leading pbysl-
clans of Ini' Ilsnapelis, gave Wearer (bat pre
scription. Dr. Lockrldge stands u high u
any nun In ths state. Wuver wu not n dig-
s»v>>, in that gloaca each knew that love
wu there. That eretiing the failed to return to
her home in time for tei,but her porente felt no
uneuiness, thinking that tbe had gone to her
grandmother's. Boon after dark they ascer
tained, however, that tha ytung lady had net
been at bar grandmother's. Messengers wore
hurriedly sent to several of her friend's horns,
' * here could anything he heard of tho
but now!
young lady. This drove her mother almost
wild, and than Chief Connolly wu sent for.
The new wu laid bafore him and he began
working to find tho yoonglady. Thursday th*
chief iccidcntelly ascertained that the young
lady bad been seen talking to Patterson while
tbe circus wu in Atlanta. Tho chief at ones
conceit cd that the yonng lady had gone to
Chattanooga. He then telegraphed to the
cblof of police, end later in tbe day raeeivad a
nuaaai* raying the wu there. This message
tbe chief laid Wore tha yonng lady’s mothar,
and aho decided logo to Chattanooga. Than-
' ‘ left for that plsce, aud whon
day evening she
•he irrlvrd wu mot by the chief, wbo told ber
thst bev daughter wu at tbe Cameron hotel.
Mrs. Avereltt called at onoe at tbe hotel, and
was soon
■ I.AHPIRd HER CHILD 1H HER ARK*.
The young lady took the meeting very coolly
and, nfter kissing her mother, turned to Pat
terson and uid:
"Mama, this it my husband, Mr. Patterson.”
Mrs. Averiott wu considerably shocked at
first, hot finally accepted tho situation at th*
' still with her daughter.
Id it, end ia
The young la .
Wednesday night, and on the uxt afternoon
wcut to the circus. After tbe performeneo she
met Patterson, aud with him went to the
Cameron house, when the Rev. J. W. Beck
man made them man and wife. They repre
sented, however, that tha young lady wu
mvallLus HUHWISI, tuat tut JWIIUJI IffUJ WH
from Bay City. Mich., and that they had
known one another for years.
The bride informed ber mother that she
loved Patterson better than everything, and
Averiott spoke of bringing her
daughter home, whan Patterson interposed,
uying that be was bar husband and that no
on* could or would take ber away from him.
Patterson is a handsome looking fellow of
twenty-four veers. Thou who are with him
uy that he is sober, industrious and that h*
■ires hit money. He is working for $r> per
week and uya that hr will send his wife to his
parent* In Bay Cfty, Michigan.
A Curious Suicide.
rest man, though married, and the cberaeter
of the presrriplion he gave Wuver wu rather
unusual. Wall, when Mr*. Wuver uw that
prescription In tbe bouk found on the dead
man, she (old her attorney, Mr.—Mr.—Mr.—
“Judge Lochrane and Mr. Brown’’ suggest
ed ono of tbe party.
ANOTHER LINK.
"Y,
Weil
Judge 1-oebrano and Mr. Brown.
, she told tbeu gentleman and Judgo
Lochrane wrote to Dr. Lockrldge uklng It ho
remembered the occurrence. I hero sun
Judge Lochrane today ud lie showed me Dr.
lAckrldge’s answer. He stated thst he gars
Wearer the prescription and also sent:: copy
of’ it. Tho eopy wu like tha one in tha book,
word for word and mark for mark. Now, Dr.
Iznkridic ia an honorable man and "
T belter* it is Weaver,” uid one of th*
doubt In my mind,” uid Professor
Claik. “Then, ageiu, 1 knew Wearer. I
knew bis father and mother, and 1
kwew or hu trouble
ul out that Mre. Eden, anil I raw the wound.
1 took tbe body out of the coffin last January
to riubalm it. I recognized It at one* u
Weaver. The Ouo, the noee, tbe forehead, tho
meulb, (be eyes, nil told me plainly that It
•. Then, when I turned tbe hoad
wu Wuver,
over, I found tbe seer mad* by that pistol ball
on th* aide upon which I knew th* ball went
in, I found ths Indentation, and on tho othar
ihte, where I knew It cam* out, I found th*
“msthered" mark. I am satisfied that it Is
Weaver.”
Mr. Ladsdcn, one of tbe attorneys for Mrs.
Pierce, is now preparing to produce Weaver
alive.
Ha trusted thefili.il.
From Uu Chicago Nowi.
“Talk shout lurk,” uys Colouel A. B. Mo-
GIII, state insurance commlmbiner of Minnesota,
New Haven, March H.—David Miller, of
Wcitvllto, two mllei from here, committed
suicide in a peculiar manner. At 4:3fi p. m,
hia mother found His dead body in tht woo*Is.
about :s00 fret back of the house. He bad cat
■tick and made e niche in it to lit the trigger
! his gun. Then, lying frill length on nla
lark, and studying tho gun with his left
bund, be pulled the trigger with his right, dis-
barging four fingers or conns shot into hte
lead, which ho had raised on a level with the
t n barrel. Tbe upper port of bis heed had
en shot completely away. Religions excite
ment wu tha cauu of the suicide. Miller hed
been n frequent attendant at the salvation
army meetings sad there experience! religion.
Know Palls In Oernsany.
Beilin, March ll.-Immeau snow tolls an
reported in Sited*. Several villages wen com-
-•lately buried, and the Inhabitants obliged to
Ig their wav out Five children were fiucu
to dtalb while going to school.
truth of which be Is willing tostekohfs chances fer
the next aubcmalorl.l nomination. When, la lb*
Spring of ISSA lb* army of lbs Potomac moved Into
th* fortifies*lull at Maaansss and Centtrvllie,
which hod Iimd vacated by llie rebels, the boys
spmt much of Ihelr tlm.imthreliis ralln from the
battlefield of Roll Run to send home to Itmfr
friends. One day a rswky member of th. «Us Now
York hroutht la so unexploded percimlun bomb
last him over tht door sill, have taken It to au u-
tllleryman and had if sahly unloaded, bat Instead
of this ho took It to the blacksmith shop, where,
with hammer and cold chisel, be sat down In tlu>
middle of the rloor, took th*. bomb between his
tear, placed the chisel on iho brut screw at tho
- with tho honuur.
re wu dense with
l a *ccUou of Ibo
tolling roof hod bnsTnam over In another county,
end a chunk or the lids wall want down to visit a
nel sabering ramp. Ptentofiroo and steel
Immsdialo
In short, th*
w c l*»tmringro. j j. )U Pl«rao
s r h3%S a m3JSiT rM
"But wbat of th* manr we uked of colonel Mo-
0111.
"He's th* chap I wu condos to. When the boys
niabol over tfftee what wu the matter, there he
tot, bolt upright In tho midst of Ua debris, srith
hia legs ituiUHcd out, a hammer in on* hand and
sue* Use to!
t that shell'
.. , been done to hint s
thq singing oThls hair and whiskers. He ws«
even much Mgkteud till the next day.”
Got Ten Before He Knew It.
Mr. Wetzel write* from gray np in Bello-
fcutte, Pn.: “I went an this morning to get a club
of lire subscribers; and befbre I knew It I hid ten.
Tbe raper aril* Itself.” so Mr. Wetzel got hU own
paper tree, and got Us clob wi|hpul Rouble, "H
cttulo the same.
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