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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. INDISTINCT PRINT