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ATLANTA. GA» TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 23, 1886
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Our Story Corner
The Absconding Clerk.
- There rru * terrible commotion in the city
etc Monday afternoon. whoa it was discovered
that'tho confidential dork of the omioint
bukltg houseof Mean.Backnm, WhUki &
BkW' ahneaded, ranytaf off with him a
Urgo nn of (old, securities, etc.
From Ha position In th* hank, where he wu
looked upon almost u a partnei, and really
fateHtd u one, he poeaeiied peculiar faculties
for cdVctlng hli depredations, Of ooane he
Woald find little difficulty in carrying cir the
■fc*P«r valuables without exciting attention, ae
It to winter time, and he wore a large coat;
hut the gold, of which ho took a large lum,
wee heavy, aud not lo cuily carried awe?;
tlilc wu how he.mantged it;
One Sunday evening he drove np to the bank
1 n a poet-chaise, and making a gnat due about
eome imaginary pleoeof Intelligence which he
pretended to have received, he diipatchel the
P oi ter with a pared to the weit end, telling him
he would wait at the bank until he came back.
Tbe porter wai abrent about an hour. Upon
xetnralng to tbe bank the poitchalae
wu gone. He rang the bdl at the bank door,
butnooneaneweredit. Hie wife had gone out
to ovening eervice at a neighboring chapel be*
I fore he had been aent to the weet end, ao that
ankie Ike confidential clerk wu on the lnilde,
I there rorld be nobodyln the henee.
I r>o ter gave! tub, aatledcd that there wu no one
in tho tonae. He tueu paced np and down la
front of the hank until eleven o'clock, when
hie wife, becoming very tired end cold, ho oh.
tained • bed for her at a coffee houeo lathe
neighborhood and then retnrned to hie poet,
whero he kept watch all night without obsorv-
Ins any ono como out of the bank.
At the ninal hour tho next morning the
derke arrived,but could not obtain admission
tint!) a carpenter had beon Mat for to cut an
aperture in the door. In dua time tha priori-
Mia of the hank made their appearance; to
them tho porter rdated the visit of
the confidential clerk on tha preceding eve
ning, Me errand, tad hie inability to obtain
admictlonjueftUilatam. . .
Of course an invrttlgatlhn wu Immediately
entered upon, when it aoon beoamo apparent
that the confidential clerk bad absconded with
considerable property belonging to the bank,
tbs exact amount of which coud only be as-
cerUltcd by careful examination of tno books.
It wu at this stage of affaire that I wu aent
for, and the circumstances narrated above,
communicated to me. After hearing the state
ment, I inquired'
"Gentlemen, where do yon mpposo your
olerk has gone?"
" " ' aly annuls#. K*
) the
elfish women, a
world only to
Into men to de
cent and helpless. Some snch women, I felt
lure, had gained the aacendaney over this pior
fugitive, encircled him la her deadly cells;
and, in tbe mercenary spirit that always actu
ates snch alrene,compelled him, in ordirtc sat
isfy her rapacious demands, to become a do-
a niter.
I had no cine to stub a wo nan, Aesnming
that then wu one, t uid to ay aid, Rrbert
Bolter;
“Bob,lt'e my opinion theie'e a woman at the
bottom of tbli cate.”
’That’s Inst my opinion.” ho replied.
•‘He will go to America, depend css it.”
“Ho doubt of that, air. IwUhl
of a thensasd pounds,” remarked ISch, cm.
phatlcally.
’•Then we will lose no time,bultake the first
stage coach to Liverpool,"
‘■He’ll not trerel In that way, depend oa it,
ale; for ho carries his plunder with him. Bo
lides, ho would not risk meeting an aoqnalnt-
sneo in the coach; it might lean to unpleasant
Inquiries. He’ll go in a postchalas; l.’a my
opinion.”
Bobertwu correct In hie reasoning, and I at
once resolved to tot npoei Us suggestion.
Bat the fast tire had probably got twelve
hours start. Bo left the bank during the por
tor's absence between eiven and eight on the
Sunday evening; It wu now Monday, six p. m.
I had obtained a warrant for his apprehension
early In tha afternoon. Hurrying home, I
quickly mads a few necessary preparations for
my journey, and soon after seven o’clock wu
this aide of Coventry, Opposite the ion door
t ready to start, hiving
;o trunks i *
stood A pOltchMO jaat
ootilde of It two large trunks tewn up in can'
ns. with cards of address tacked on.
This, of eourao, wu an object of interaet
which it wu oar doty to eerutlntao. Alight*
Ins from my chairs’, I took an opportunity of
looking in at the window of the omer vehicle,
hat it wu empty. Bob wu toon busy ecru tin.
ielsg the trunks.
Presently he approached me aad whispered,
"Mr. Burbank.”
This wm the name he had read upon tha
cards tacked on the trunks. At this moment,
a showily dressed women, of about elght-and*
twenty, came oat of tho Inn, and gotlato the
crttbFo she eontlaanL If is partible,
'.owcvrr,thathemay go to America, or oven
io Australia.”
“It he a married man, gentlemen?”
qulied.”
“IIo if, and bu a family of three children.”
‘•.But how many wIvA?” I aikod.
"Wo only know of one. His house if at
Sydenham."
"Yea will give me a description of hla per-
gg^salj If yon pious, show me Mi mm-
I filled op the aketeh given me of hie fea
tures, talk etc., and took a sheet of paper upon
which ho had written tha draft of a letter.
Hla perron wu stonier, and well marked; In
hli handwriting, alio, thoro worn some peoa-
jl»r((let.
‘How, gentlemen," I mid, "what do you
lih no to do?’’
“Find our clerk, and bring him to Juailee.
Wo shall offer a reward of fiva huudrod pounds
for his apprthenmn.”
"Dead or allvt!"
“Doid or illvo. w
It wu all chance whether I took tho right
road in pursuing this fugitive or not; If ho had
gone to tho continent he would most probably
proceed, In tho first Instance^ to Dover; If to
1 America or Australia ho might tako ahl?
at Liverpool, or Bristol, or Glasgow. Here
were four different routes open to me; to
ohooso tho right one wu tha problem I wu
“HlsreSdenrawuatTjydonbam, and I oon-
SSSiSKfS’iSS.’SSt'M
dressed myself in a quiet, genftemanly stylo,
■ I hind a neat hone and gig, and drove out
it is of much use, bat we will keep a sttarp
lookout on the road.”
Hotting particular occurred untfloorar rival
at Sydenham. Whan wa stopped In front of
hseaaMyaM low or thiwcMIdren
S ic their appearance at tha drawiagraoos
flow. I alighted, walked np tha path to
tho front door, and ns about tofatock*'when
f^SsSisffiS
andclucg their mother’s dress, as though tpr
Pr “lVHr°Boaton at homer I Inquired, with u
mo eh indifference si I coaid possibly uiumo.
■’What do you say to that, slrt” whlspersd
Robe its
’Tell that postilion not Co harry himself
along tha toad, u wo moan to keep him in
eight.”
Ll"AU right, sir."
I mansgtd to read the cards tacked on to the
[trnnke. I told yon that tha fugitive’s hand-
wilting was peculiar; It struck ms forcibly
thatthMOaddreases were written la that haul.
This woman it wu Important not to lose light
ol. Bob arranged matters with the postilion
that ho should walk hla boms vary slowly up
bill, aud thliwu a hilly country. By this ar
rangement we should gain timo lo put fresh
■4 WMatr®"-phase, aad .snsn^wartaffa t|n
In about a quarter of an hour wo started
again, and presently camo in sight of tho)
I chaise; we then slacked
I could possibly as
"Papa hu not bun homanU nlgM!" blurted
cot odo of tbi children.
“•Hush,child! Mr.Boi’on la sure to be home
re, sol took my leave, not wisnoas ueayusg
It thinking of the misery Into
stsssfijisajalw
sifSaSHPlllI
.isa.’is.as.’SSA^fs-i
ter, borne,Wlteand family.and .
self from hla country, whore he patecssed
oven thing that a man need deslrri*’ I could
B*S2S 1 lli«yWjStiW
cure their paaago in another ahlp to tha amo
dest.cstionu that to which he was himself
bound. Bot hara vua meat heyUess brato,
who rot only mined tho peace of hla family,
Tut airo gay daurtod ^Ssvmgtttejte
tender merries of Injured aad *xaep«ited
person*, without making tha slightest provis
ion fer its support. . .......
There wu only ona way of accounting fer
this heartlesssaas. Tho man must have become
infatuated with on# of thoea fucinatiug. hot
fitlng tha
looted by
to Veep-inright,
suspicion which might hare been eti
our ptitisg bj v
Is wu now growing dosk; wo harried on a
litt’o fester, and in a abort time arrived at a
roadside inn, where we found two poctebaiiM
standing. One wu that which we had been
tallowing all day. The lady alighted, and on.
tend tha Ian, where ahe wu met and welcomed
by a gentleman, who had arrived a short time
prevtcosly In a pestchslan. After aeelog their
luggage ufely steered away la a bedroom,
’ to a private paT
tci to to Krrcd.
I had not boon ablate got a good view af tha
gentleman. There wu no gas or lamp about
the house; but only a miserable tallow dip fo
light the vitltors,whicb served merely to make
ths da rknsie visible. That the gentleman was
tbe fugitive I wu In pursuit ef I 1 '
strerg opinion, yet there was room far
inquired of tha landlord at what hoar hla
8 u< ate had ordered the chase to ha ready in
be morning.
"Four o'rioek, rii; breakfast at three. Early,
tot Itr
"Very. What’s tha game, think yon?”
"Ilonaway match, I suppose. Whit do you
thick?”
' It looks like something of that sort. Ban
ning away from something, nn doabl,”
I strolled out to tho stablss, made some in-
qatrtoofthe postilions, but could pick up
nothing of any Importance, except that tha
gentleman had ons little box so bury that It
was as much u ho could do to carry it—tho
gold he had plundered from the batik, I alp-
I* ext strolled toward tha kitchen of tha Ian.
ar a supper on eggs and bicon
1 afford in tho way of pro
mt sleep, for the thoughts of
‘1 shall sit up and call yon at three O’clock,
have ordered our chaise to be ready at four, ao
we shall be qultoa nice little traveling party.
We shall ho able to keep each othor company
on tho read.”
I mat to had after a
—all tha Inn could off
visions. I ooald not sleep, for the
the business in hand gave mo too much anxie
ty. I was in a alight doze, when Bob's hand
on my shoulder soon ronaedme np.
"Three o'clock,” he whispered. "Hess’s
Qgy* they have Just gone down Lto
I wu nr and dressed In the twinkling of an
eye. lhaooait wu dear la tho kltakon, so
Bob snd I took our breakfast then.
While busily occupied In discussing our
"ecffb«,"M they called It—more probably a
decoction of burnt horso beans-one of the
poaMUona came into the kitchen.
"Get fresh orders,” he observed.”
"Oh, what is It now?”
"Tbe lady Isn’t going UIl tha forenoon; the
gsntlemangoesbybliagalfatfonr-.io.I shall
go to btd again.”
I looked at Bob, and Bobloohedat me. Thera
wu no need to say anything.
Praesnily wa heard tho wheels of a chaise
outside. I went oat aad stationed myself at
the door, whero I could mo
r gaatlemaa
gel a good
pom out, intending, If poMlble, to
view of hli fkco.
Ho wu busy with hb luggage, or wntau no
seemed to have plenty. When it wat all
stowed away, he brought a small trank, which
evidently sru very heavy. This he carefully
deposited U the bottom of the chaise, and
after kissing the lady, ha got into It Mmtslf,
"^Good-bye, Hally. See yoa again at Hew-
castle. Drive on, postilion.”
Crack want the wMp, round went the
wheels. Bob now brought round oar chaise.
We got to, and started In pursuit.
•Ho need to haiy»iard Bob; ”we know
where oar min if, and whan he Is bound to.
Ho might ran array from as, bat ha wouldn’t
ran tsray from hb deary,”
It wis a cold, frestr morning In January,
and tha air sru nipping keen. I had taken
* ' ”a good roast-
the precaution of giving mjmlt
log before tha kitchen fire after
bat, from the tenor of a few broken untonces,
I gathesed that the newly arrived travellers
wait tbe snbject of oonvenstlon. I ooald not
nmaln long in my attltado of listener with-
oet tanning the risk of bring discovered, so I
pushed open the door of tho kltehea aal went
In, Thera srm fire men then graapod around
the fin and at a table opposite toll. From
their appearance I concluded they wire poach-
me They eyed meal I entered with ecovllug,
“ * ‘ ' '— a game-
. for.
. _ remukal.
"Frosty night, I think."
"Who said it want mister? I didn’t.”
‘ Hope no oftenoe, gentlemen!" I arid. "I
u afraid I intrude."
"Yen do. We don't svant aay of year Hit
hen;” Mid the most terodons.Iookiag ftUew
of tho ptrtTs
"Be quick Jim.” mid another. “Let the
gentleman atone; he’s u much right hen u
we. The landlord b obliged to keep open
house, yea know, tad this geatlemia’g a oas
tamer, maybe,”
"Thb b ao place ter such u be. Way can't
ha go to the sartor, and leave tha kltehea for
poor folks] Where's a poor mu to get a bit of
comfort! He can’t get It at hi
or Interfering hers.
Just looking about the house a bit, and I pat
my brad Inhere, aalts by aorideak Howl am
going, aad I shan't disturb you again."
To toll the truth I wu glad to gat oat of
Ibelr company; they were a vary roagh lot, to
whom sny sort of mischief woald seen to «omo
I untie surah at nr asaa, Bob, to hold a
consultation u to what wu best to ha loan
with ear fhgitivea.
“Better not try it on ban, air, I think," nil
Bob. "If thin fellows dad oat who wa are,
and what we am ap to, they’ll eato rally aids
with a brother rogue; aad iroahaat beahleto
make a clear capture. Let ea follow them ap,
■tick elan to them, and when we gat to Htw-
cante-trader Lyme, why then wa ehiU be all
right Wa shall never be able to gel them
away from here.”
Beb b a longheaded fellow. I have gnat
vjofideace la Ms sagacity. I canid not ter a
■eowratdljpate UsTrilttar with kins, far I fill
csavteesd at aaa that kia via* of tha can *aa
"iMhadixtter jo to bad early," said Byh.
to start with*
"Ton will excuse mo, rir,” arid Bob; pall-
lag eat a Walsh night-cap, and patting Is on,
"but I fed drosrsy. I have beon npaU nigh
you’ll remember,”
“Makoyourealf comfortable, pray. I’ll wake
von when von in wintod.*’
"All right, air, good night—morning, though,
1 believe,"
Beb soon gave evidence that he had retched
the dominions of Morpheus. I threw myself
bark in our chaise aad fell into a brown study.
My thcoghto reverted to 8/doaham; the no
picture of tint deserted family rare to my
view. I pictured their anxious waiting, their
watching Into the allent hoars of the. night,
tholr crcoplng timidly and sadly to bed, I
awake deeolato and forlorn; then tho crtuhlr
Itdirgs of tho law dcMrtion and crimlm
fiighkof tha hutiiaad and thaAather. What a
blow! Buck misery to ha wantonly lufilctad
on tho innocent, the virtuous aud tho good.
All for what!
Wo hail travelledabouttwo or tbreo mil’s
when I was suddenly startled by tbe report of
a gun or pistol. Robert opened hb ajat at
tho (siso momenta *
■ What’s that,til? And there’s another!”
’Teachers abroad,” I replied.
In a tew minutes our postehabo stopped. I
looked out of the window, and called to the
postilion:
“mat’s tha mallei!”
"Something wrong here, air; hero’s the othsr
ebslse, sad nobody moving ”
I Mixed my pbtols, and, iMpIng oat of tho
chaise, ran forward to the other vehicle. . Aa I
nsared tho horses’ heads, I stumbled over
something on the ground. Stooping down, I
discovered it lo be tho postilion, apparently
died. I then stopped to tho door of ins chaise
uid looked is# •
Huddled up In one corner of tha ehalu wu
our togltlve, hb boo covered with blood from
a wound In hb head.
I spoke to him, bat h* made no answer. 1
shook him gently, hat ho wu paulve under
my tench,
Ha wu dead.
"What b the meaning of thlst” mid Robert,
thiastbg hb head Into tha chelae.
"A highway robbery and mender,” I replied.
I looked for the heavy trank—it wu gone!
We lifted the body or tha pcetlUon Into tha
chelse with tho other dead man. aad taming
aboit, we took our way back to the inn we baa
just bit, Robert siting u postilion.
Th» landlord of the Inn wu atUlap; he
came to the door span hearing the nobe of the
nhielsof enr vehicles.
"Both htehP’ he exclaimed In surprise.
“Whet’s hesMned!”
"Bad barinma” I replied; "bat you. proba
bly. will notfce astonished. There’s beta
aurdor.”
"These Shealey poachers sgain," slid the
landlord, "bnt whom killed!”
"Toor postilion and your last night’s travel -
*r who lilt here an hoar ago."
On my war back to tho Ion I revolved a
thing or two In my mind. There tni that
woman. 8hould I let her know of the death
of hrr companion, or should I 1st hu depart
In pomlt of him in Ignorance of hb bto—let
her go to Hswctrtle.ander.Lyme, and ea to
Liverpool, vainly SMklng hu lover whom aha
would finally suppose had basely deserted hart
"Bob,” arid I, "which shall it he!”
"Let hu go," wu Bob’s reply, while e epark
of malice Hashed from hb eye.
“Landlord,” Mid I, "wo will mako U little
rolia u possible about this affislr. Remove tho
bodies to a room whore they will remain un
disturbed until tho Inqoert. Bat, above nil
thingr, do not let that woman, who came with
thb unfortunate wretch, know e word of hb
death. Let hsr go u she came-Ignorant, da-
laded and hippy. Sha will be ponbbed in
doe time."
"It shall be dose u yoa uy, rir. Ida not
myself wish b* any (has here. I can’t bear
mutate hysterics; end son as the tees this
‘ isd man sbo'll have a fit oa 'em.”
I explained to tho landlord that we were
catena of Jarttss In pursuit of the man who
BILL ARP’S LETTER,
HB IS HAVINO A GOOD TIKI at
ion
s untimely end.
took chugs ef hb luggage, which the reb-
btd sot disturbed; they luid only taken
the trank of gold. The woman wu In league
with them, end had planned the murdu, and
told thsm what to take and whattoluve.
Hastening beek to London Idroro at OSes
to ike bank. Assooa ul appeared at tha
door of the bank parlu tha principals started
to their test la anxious surprise, and ram
•aid me. ,
What, hack ad mob! Hava yoa taken
him?”
“I have.”
“Dead or alive’"
“Dead.”
"Tkea, all la ended." ^
The Ctrl Bad Sense.
From iae rest arisen an, Advertiser.
A genuine Mexican cowboy hu been hen
■rrrrml days, snd has fmrntihed amusement by
riding the wildest, wont backing horse to bo
found. Ht also distinguished Mmerif by ask-
IrR a negro gbl to marry Mm and go to Texas.
The girt tfiRMSs
a Vi lit Tto* tae rnasksr sne Wket Oaate ol ll-ia
orstst sapper inn a Musical (oum-a atm.
Ur on Card#, Billiards ana oanelae—
Mr. Arp.
We had a good timo at our home last night,
an extra good time, for tha preacher came out
to spend the evening and brought eome nice
young men with him. Ou girls knew they
I were coming to tea for I ohMrvsdeosuwm-
motiem lx tho kltehea aad pantry during tha
day, aad heard tha significant sound ef
a spoon heating up something In the large ytlfl
low bow). Tho table sru lengthened out and]
tho damask cloth aptsad over it and the china-
ware brought doom from tha top ahrif lathe
e’eset. Tho ashes were taken np In tho par
lor fiitplaco and tho hearth nooatod with
Spanish brown and clean tidies pinned on the
Ipulor chain. It b all right, thoaghlI—go
ahead—we will have eernethlng uuoom-
Imon toed to oat to night. I can always
loll whan company is coming by the way the
girb fly rennd. Our preacher b a young man
too: In faot, ho b qnlto a hoy iomo times, for
ho loves a frolic and holds up hb corner well,
hot he atvu neqipromlMi the dignity at Ma
calling. A church#* Tallahamee advertised
I lor a preacher, and aa'.d they wanted a young
man who wu unmarried. When our preacher
u« It be shook hb head aud uld, ”1 am not
•o overly young and I shall give no guaranty
on the marriage question."
Wa bad oysters fer supper, and u there was
nothlag alia tula the table aad no hlua rib
bon on the cauor, I concluded ll was just an
oyster topper, aud u I helped the guaste
bountifully from the big taroen and we talked
and told aaecdotae and enjoyed the delicious
thtB troll, and I renawednhelr supply, fin I
thought thb wu all, except the coffoo that wm
I to come. By aad by the tureen and plates
were removed, and suddenly a large platter of
broiled ehlckontsrwe brought forward, and
other rich viands too numerous to mention.
It occurred to mo that I had pressed tho oyster
holiness rather much considering, but we all
managtd to dispose of tbe etoondoeune quite
liberally, and when there was a reasonable
Iccssatlon of hostilities, I wu about to give the
signal to rise aad depart those coute when the
iwsltlng maid began to remove the plateitoa
rttaMtole. I looked aronnd In surprise
■ then came A waold
platoon of Urge sancers full of transparent
jelly or Jellytccu or something tangled up on
icrcam aud sugar, and I wu thankful that tho
end was at land. Tbe cake was pstaed round
Id the Bilvcr'tbtcd b-axets and w«» lavishly
complimented by theyouug nun who somehow
or somehow e-mfonud out that thctetrls, made
It. I knew Ircte* the way they Cited they
had never fcne 1 any cake quite as gooi as
that. But tblflga must have an end,
aud I gave s sigh of relief and was about to
rise, when to my amaicemeut that same pane*
curing wattseto came along with a big lot of
wine colored temblors, full to tho high top
with acuiu foamy stuff that rot!o<l
lliii!, uni I
. leoasarioasly
claimed: "Oh, spy country—Is thb tho bit!”
Uy piteous tone brought down the house, aud
my bettor half looked at ms with a despairing
look. Well, It wu a splendid repul and a
soles of surprises; bat it wu awfully tedious
tea seen of my primitive habits. I set In
jourpapirtbatarcceptlon btoboglvsntOMmo
famous mubolan and tha la sited guMta an ex
pected to bo in fall driu. Well, of coarse, at
coarse UWy should all bs deeently covered,
both tbs men snd the women, ant I hope
they went go there half clad, bat if It asui
a swallow tell coat that late mo eat. I will
esnd old Fsthsr Markham in my place, for ha
totes ona behind him all the time. He it the
only man I know ol who b always ready for
highfalutin company.
s got back to tho parlor In doe time and
jd some more company, and then the ma
lic began, ter the young men wore skilled la
tbe divine art, and ons of them a splendid per-
termer on the Oddis or the violin or whatever
yoa call Ik It dident take aay gwallow taib to
bur Mm playud enjoy Ms aetody. Hewas
it on preacher though. I never hwud hut
ie preacher play the violin, and that wu
Ago IiOngstreet, aad bt outplayed anybody
In lb-day. Tbs Methodists Adeatukeil
much end they won Ideal have tolerated ft in
any preacher hut him. Even Sam Jopm
weald have had to abut np.
t >or pnaebsr hu got abaat u many eyra la hb
scad sa anybody, aad as he ut near my secre
tary hb fingers meandered to s dock ofbMatl-
fol cards that the girts fergot to hide, and u
heihofiled thorn caislaaty In hbaend, he
exclaimed, "Well, thb Is an age of pictures. I
never aa wee many, and lemsef them are too
lovely for anything, but these are different
from any I have soon. What are these for,
young ladies!” I MW their con
ning embarrassment, and came to
their relief. "Too,e are my lact
ate tickets,"Mid L "Oh,yes, Ism!” Mid he,
"Thb sne with five apots admits a family of
fivs,ud tkb ona with ten spots a family of
tin* 1 "Exaelly ao," uld I, “rad those with
pictures are eomptimentariee for the preach-
era." “I understand," uld hr, "and ao I will
Just take two or three at Usaehoms with mo,"
aad ho slipped a queen and a Jack In his
“Those cuds,” laid I, "art reminders of
muy thlnvs. Thera an four Mode which re
mind us of Ua Aur isieons. TIM spade re-
thb world's affairs; the club ■
ha sggre«lvo aad Area our tray; the diamond
that Honey b a good thing to heir, and the
heart that, after all, riehM and labor and force
an worth nothlag without love. There an
twelve of thou pic.are cards which remind u
of tha twelve months in the year, aad dfty-
two cards la the deck which toll as ef the
M^ two weeks la Che yew, aad—” "And,”
he. interrupting me, "there are Just 3>jT.
All in all, which remind nt of the
number of days la tha ynr." Right than I
^^■rtfiMtawbinnMMhAA
surrendered fer I MW
aw m much about
played many a gauss la a gully or Mhlnd hb
wear's ban. Well, after all it b M he aaya
the li Horace of bad raaoebMeae that mekee
many things wrung that ire act wrong in
tkemnlvca. There la certainly as more harm
is a gams of cards by sha family fireside than
In a yea e of mat Mm ar leek fa tbs bash or
■■ ill or wssd making. Than b a chance
_ 111 In meat all gamM. But cards are
u«d by gsmblens, and to cards an aader
the tan just like tha vtolta oesd to he uadar
the baa because the marie wu moat frequent
ia Ua denary. Bat .these pniadhtee an
galag away. I visited several stab rooms
to North Carolina, whan billiard tables wars
eresia the babll of drlaklag. Thsmlnlrtere
and lad Isa at the town were members. There
wen geed libraries end sU the stsalasd mag
azines aad newspapers. Oe4 .fires were kept
m« f whe^zsranfor oooraiereUl hoiralanj
who coma and go raattoieUy. always found
welcome there. There to-»1y Is v-’hleg
Wtsag ia ea ecteeleasl gaese at btUrerl*
where tbe association U good. Of courts
wo eh mid have rospoct to tho prejudices
of outethoiaaudof good people but not to
theezclnelonof everything that is dislikid.
While wo bond they must Twnd a little, too.
Yon om’t keep a boy from ranning a pony
nee t mlU, bocauM tome folks bet on hone
tacos. Human nature most have its natural
freed, m, and I am not ons of those who bo-
llevei that all our natural Impulses an bad.
Most of thsm an good. We would tether do
a kloduMS than on to|ury. When the case to
made that touches oar foollngiwo era reedy
to ZMfsnd. The boy mart go through hb
•ports sad tho yoaag man lib reasonable
pleasures. As the Illfikoy begins his pbyrical
growth with hives, thrash and eolleand chicken
pox and whooping couch and in Umo advances
to acarla t fanr>nd di; h’.bssto and moulM aad
zaamga. Just so his emotional nature boglu
with something to oixko a noim-a rattle, a
horn or a hara, and later on ho rises to a drum
and firecrackers and torpedoes and n toy pi if
tol. By aad by ha develops into music ana
joins tho vilbge bead and tools tha trombone I
or tho cornet Ho wanto to rida a horse aud
COAST-HUNTING. 1
WOND1RFUL M Ann ATI V* Of
JOHN HUNS.
Charmed by 8 •trptnt-A Moment of DroodftU lu<
V fn.a-B.Yfid by A Oln Bottla-A ObMtly Fll-
low-Tbo Lea of/ Or a to XMfttr-KiIUa*
Two Birds at ivtrr Boot. Bto,
play baseball and •kite on rollers. When along
in cisterns his mind begins to triumph over
matter and ha dollghto in marvolloua ttorim
■■ thrilling adva^H
Ho
ventures.
excel in oratory and
hsva tho good opinion of tho gtrla. Ho brushes
his hair very oarofitlly and ties U« cravat bo-
foiotbo glass and commlta a speech to mem
ory aad makes a studied bow and stretches
forth hb arm and uys "On I.lndonwhou tho
•unwulow.” But u ho mature! la ago hb
mind aoon to uioro solid and asrious aspira
tion*. and wo find him in college trying to
muter logic and rhotorle and Greek aud
Latin and trlgonomotry aad calculus ,
Bnt when bs eomM forth with Ms Mashing
honors, what thant-ob, there b tha tob!-
what than? Tha fiin b all over, and ha moat
go to barium. I hope ha relit find It aad go
at It bravely. This is an easy world for ehil-
dran—for most children—but a hard ou for
ouug men who have a high ambition—too
ilgh generally for their own success. I re-
marked (that people wire generally kind by
nature.
ymtrpuM ly-MMjh
with toan to
children Pleading
i for the pardon of her hai
ltMia
Govorpor Gordon
band, who wu a convict," who was afu off
from then ho loved, and wh«o crime wu
stealing a naborte hog. It wu totally told, but
I know that every ono who read it was
touched In a tender spot and wished tho gov
ernor wool! make tho poor, frioudiou creature
BOags would know what to do with
iU ease. Tho war wujuat ovar when Bom-
ulus Pus was Indicted for stealldg a hog. Ho,
too,’bad a wife aud toms llttlocUIMrou and
cot much else. Tho case wu clearly proven,
but Judgo Wright madoone of hla Hartal,
molting speeches for tbs defense, and John
Riley, who sru tho foreman of tho jury.
MIT * *" * ““
that
mlsoxahl
them wiihont food to eat or clothes to woar,
whereby tnalr little Innocent children i
wo, therefore, find tin, dofo.idnnt nwt _ .
Hut, still, wo are too much Inclined to fo-get
cj« WA Ul FVM mu iUIUUUUI VI vuo jurjf
oght In the verdict, “Ws, tho Jury, find
>t tho war loft many of our poor people is a
teiah’.a and destitute condition, iomo of
mare; Molly,
' tg coal In Jo,
Mila;
t good long timo. Itmakesablg
Tom Moore, my nsbor. Is ono of
instwissuoisotornim. moon
pilsonen broke Jell in our tow:
thtm ran by Tom Mooro with Iho
at hud. Tom wu rata rally on
I could ora b!
mil ea for i
d i C efence. ,un owir, mj uamr, ■■
the kindest hearted men Iavorkuir. Ho
had bot ono mule, aad hb crop war dinend.
1 mule's srark. Boms heartless ra
re night and stole Mm aud
of him. Thoothar day soma
town, aud one of
i Iho iharlff close
naturally on tha prison
er's side, and wu willing tar Mm to moats
but when tho sheriff criod oat, “Catch hlta
Moms; catch him. Ha ba horso thlst” Moors
dropped everything and mads tar Mm and
grabbed him ud hold oa and tussled and
straggled until tha ahoriff camo op. Moon
myathatwheatboaheriffaalihowua hone
thief all pity wu gone aad ho Alt like ho
ooald have held tho Stone mountain. It makes
a big differing, itr doc*. That prison congress
wu a good thing, ud I read all their spocohos
with deep Interest. They were kind and fall
of hamulty, bat I could not help thinking
that poihaps not ono M thou men had tvar
mfihrcd i* prepetlyor la person from Iho
ertmeoof bed men. Dr. Tucker ratio tho
best speech of all. It wu solid as a rook end
teutded on troth an facta, and the
tint will come win aonlabmsal will ba dttad
to the c(lender u well u to the offense. What
is ponlihment to one man it not punishment
to another. II Is Just 10 in cur taml!Ju-and
la cur schools. A reproof U u effectual to
ona child u a whipping b to another. Tho
Jnfigo should hare latltudo—plenty of latitude
la awarding aoutenoe upon criminate.
Gar lluie mualoal soiree had a happy end lag,
id after returning thanks, wa aspirated fit
psare aad good will. Wsdldnothsvsedasso,
tar Solomon says thorn la a time to danse and
this wu not tha Umo; bnt wo did have hu
dssl rate daneiag music, and as It samt forth
pat, ud ha
nring ap nod t
looked calm s
■ wlthaoaitetory
Bat Aar.
MU. PAMOW ANT BCE DENTS.
A apodal to tho How York World from Dal-
tea, T#x , Hovoucr 15. says; Mrs. Elizabeth
Rosser, of thb city, who tarmorly lived in
southeastern Texas, received a rail today from
her Old alava Loab, who hu not boon soon by
hot ter twenty yoorr, Ho uys Mrs. l’srsou,
wlteoftha anarchist, b hi,sister Melinda.
Mrs. Rosier sru called on by a World com
ssoadmt and Mid: “I Inherited Mallnda’a
molksr, wboM name b Sarah, from my father
ud brought her from Arkauuto Toxu la
184S, settling in Marshall, Sarah wu IntelU-
or uiaaaloa cams two children.
Loots. Mailed# la tha older, and Is now, I
should uy, about thlrty-alx. Both the chil
dren have hair and cornptaxteat Uka tholr lath-
aroad the latelllgwco of both tholr parents.
Melinda teamed to read aad write, sad Is tael;
got the rudiments of u English clue trim
with my rbildna, with whom ska studied
alghte. Sha wu quick ud ant to tun, and
wat an artist at all mint or or leasehold work.
For iomo time after tbs ssauripsiioa pres s-
n ation treat into tahcturasgroM m arinet
withes. At the aga of aboat rialaaa Maliula
Ult as at Houston, to which city wa had
orevsd. Sha visited Baa Antonio ud all tho
flutter tesla, and daring a protracted auy
Inlkat qua: Ur learned to speak Spanish. ~
cure hack to Hsostoa, where she rasa
until MMstbM in Ib.T, whan aha tefl aad I
bare cover bad uy iatormatlna eoncaralag
bar aalU I mw Louis today. Tho dtaorlptlou
I have aeon of Mri. i’anons ia
Dauih, Ga., November H.—[Special.]—
“Dick, don’t bring any gin; nobody wants it
and we’ll jut wuto It on tho nlggore.”
"All right, Josn,»wutho reply, “I’ll bring
a >mall botUo anyhow.”
Aad John E. Heina, tho terror of ducks and
rice birds, smiled contentedly u ho Mated
blmaolf In tho atom of tho boat, while two or
three lesser Nlmroda nestled down on each
■Ido of him. Three sturdy negroes plied the
oare, and la a few momenta Darien wu loft
ter behind.
“Found out a new place," said Halos, “and
Uiorowlll bo tomoaplkndld shooting today. I
uy, Disk, didn’t yon bring iomo gin!”
"Yes, but I thought yon told mo there wu
so pie of bringing sny.”
"Well, perhaps I did, but Iguess I will Jut
try one drink—here’# to tho crowd."
“All right,” ltaln* replied, "I will. Aud
thoro la no humbug about this story, either.
It wu In the summer of 1H78. Ws landed ono
day about nine miles up the river hero. I had.
Jim ud Alto along. Jim, you know, never
could shoot,and Aid ins worse, if anything.
Bays I, *100 stand here, Jim, aud you, Aloes
go over on that knoll wbUo I tramp around
ihsawamptoaeolflcau ocaro anything up.’
1 had not gone tar, before I could mo some
thing msvlngamongrt tbo bushes ahead of
me. I crept nearer and noaror stealthily,
until at last I could distinctly seo
a terra monos Sin. Leveling my gun to shoot
bin I all of a auddon seemed to have be
come paralyzed. I could uclthor fire nor
move away. Tho reptile bad charmed mo. I
■aw hla gloaming eyea and felt as If they won
’art guotnllpg to the bsjio of my brslo—to
ho very marrow of my bones; couldn't lift an
arm nor moso a foot. Every drop of blood In
my body accmed to congeal. Cold wave after
cold wavo cimo over me, and my thinking
machinery accmed oeriouily out of order.
How, 1 vaguely imsglnud I saw the monster
coming nearer. Thou again I felt u if I
srantod to rash forward aad pot him. Arctic
currents wore couialng through my body,
when an Idea gradually dawned on mo. I
had abottloof gin In my pocket. Fooling It
at first with my elbow, aftir many frnlfleso
efforts I at laat managod to got my hand ou
the bottle. At this moment tho moccasin
seemed preparing to mako a plungo at
me. I felt awed, and what prompted mo
to s;»cak I never after could toll, but by s
Snptihnman effort I Jerked the bottle out of
end addraasing bira, with violently
_ teeth, I aald: "» « • aay, o oo-»ld
boy, ha ha have ft drink,” Thia exert low
bmko the apcll. Tho mocoaaln glared at mo
terribly, tornod In aa oppoefto direction aud.
m&do off,
“How,” continued Heins; ■‘hsod over tho
gin bottle ud I will toll you about my expe
rience on Long Island about a year ago. Is
wu a very daik night last (L-iobor. I had
been bunting oo tho bland all day, and felt
tired. Seared of snakes up In the woods, and
i to boa bunch of seaweed, aud spread my
blanket on lop of It, so u to nttliro it tar a
pillow. I listened toratowmlnutestothodoep,
h« sty sighs ofan expiring northeaster,and thou
fill asleep. Next morning my eyes opened
with tho nn, ud If 1 livo tar hundreds of
ytan I never shall forgot the sight I
saw. About throe feet away from mo Uy tho
body of a drowned sailor. The clothing wu
ton and Uttoiod, and tho fieah looked u if It
bad been (craped off tbo bones In many places.
Everything Indicated that a fearful struggle
for Ilfs had taken place, I commenced to
rail my blanket up when, to my
honor, anothor drowned sailor (my pillow
during the night, appeared. Tho bodiMwere
terribly lacerated, but fresh and natural In
color. Alone and fire from any human being#
Idastrmlnod to cheat tho baoardo out of »
tempting banquet, and Mt to work digging a
grave. A fur a couple of hoars’ work I had It
tiro tastdeop, aad with a feeling or indescrib
able sadntu, I gently Uld thobodlM down and
filled np tho grave, Tho place it marked, and
i can show you Iho spot tomorrow.
The patsy bad now are 1 red at tbs place
where rack "splendid shooting” could bo had.
A taw bateau boats wore atenrod and tha
neighborhood soon rang with tha muslo of
powder. Three hours later and Halos aa-
* •■’ ‘ - ran dusks
■ four oth-
dng ■t Darien, Dummy, a negro at-
’ 1 Heine, layli
t to f/wHh da’
Rhavi tha mat
te Houston, whore sha ram aim
tiBM la lSOT, when sha lift aad
r bad uy latoimaUon cnacsrwlt
raw Loots today. Tha dlaoriptb
I lave saw of Mil. Parsons ia newspapers
an* ir to confirm what Louie lays, aad I bars
no doaht that after luring Houston also Jcor
nered to AaMla or Waco, at ons or tha other of
which placM she married I’arsona, Her moth
er wm a woman at great independence, aad
Mallbda pva prorates of bring a woman of
rqoal confidence in bereelf. and the fact that
■bo te lecturing goes rather to esoln oar
belief that Melinda and lire. Parsons arc
qua ard tha unw pareon. My two MU
alto uy ah« It iBewifttf i’amoot,”
undent, salkly approached 1
"Look byah, I doesn't wai
paper mao no moV "Why,
t<r, Dummy?”
"Case tWy time a duck fly up ho look
tbrough ho glasses and loo two duck. Dan ho
shoot, lohk through ho filaiaeo again
and mo two duck fill. Dsn ho
ring out toms, ’gel dim. f uy,, got what
dim.’ Ho say two duck" Iuyi’G’way#
nun. you only donajktlt one,’ and don.
bocussma for a plagued fool. I doan’ ’low
> man to cum mo llko dat.”
PUTTING TWBbAW TO THIM.
Siocx City, Du, November 17.—Tho aaloon
injunction cases In this term of the court are
aboat finished. Ou hundred and two perma
nent injunctions have tuan granted. A largo
proportion of Iho pastlM soioiaad hare gone
out of hoslBou bon stew the temporary wri ts
won issued, and many here left the city. In
tweaty-three of then casco write of abatement
bare Just boon placed In tbo shoe-
KTa hands, and it la expected that
after ho had done Ma duty Ira
accordance with tho orders therein contained,
that an open asloon Infilouz City will bo a
this# of the past. Tho siloon men are be
coming more and more Incllnod to obey tho
UJunclionaof tho court without uy hotUla
iinnnitreSsra Whore the parties have gro*
out of business In good faith, aud removed tha
fktnnilnhnllding, they wlllnotbepnnlih-
ed, but whore the opposite 1a the cam, as In a
number of 1 us tenets, tho penaltlem
of Inw will bo npplled. Tho
Jury In still sugared in the investigation
cf the Haddock case. H. H. I.ravitt, W. I>
New] and several other Important wltaMtsa
baragirea tholr tatalmony. The testimony
of MrvLeailtt was taken in her room a: her
hotel, u she wu to 111 toappoar at tho court
house. It Is expected that Leavitt will re
main hero until after tho final trial, Itls alto
reported that tha conclusion of tbo (rand
Intyln these cases will not ba girsn Imme-
d lately to the public.
The Statue to He Uahtod.
WAinmoTO*, November Iff.— 1 The Ilartbol-
dietetooo! Liberty, la Haw York hartrer. wlU
probably be lighted oast Monday stent, unde; the
gcpttvistoa «r us lighthouse taw),