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(Our: Story (Jorner
- Gourlay Brothers.
’ V In a quiet streut oil* ono of the qulot squares
$» lit the -Vicinity of Ilolboru, thcro ia n tall
’ gloomy house, with narrow, dusty window*,
^ and » JiiUFbivo double door, that still hears a
. fanm-plnte with tho words “Gourlay Brother*”
«nnrh\ td thereon.
v.. The lower part of tho house was used as an
office, hut tho blinds were rarely drawn up, tho
deor.rcidora swung back to tho energetic push
Ot ciif-tomers, tho long passage cehocd no hur-
otsteps, and Ell Ifaggart, tho clerk, was
luppctuanco tho Ulcht man ii©Lomloii, till
| tame to know his maficis.
* e Gourlay HrotJiers v.xre never any imsior
tbclr faithful old servant—never hurried,
kd, or worried; never Ute and never oft fly.
nrningat 10 o’clock they eutor.xl their
;ether, read tliOir letters, glanoed at the
. Jints, It ft instructions for possible caller*, and
' fbrn vent to the city.
m • They always took the same route; at dev
' Ifetiy might "bo seen puanitig along tho sunny
UdQ of < wnuon street, at ha.lf-p.i-t on ; they eu«
v or winter, cmy working «l«v for
thirty years tlioy had gone through tho same
** routine, always excepting tho month of Soptom-
her, when they took their annual holiday.
They were elderly men—John, tall, thin,
rnclancholy.looking, with light gray eyes
•canty I air and whiskers, and a general expfos-
*, alonofdmbncss pervadiug his whole flico and
. faultUssly neat attire. Roger was shorter,
Lrounder, more cheerful and generally warmer
In color. His pervading hue was brown, keen i
‘ reddish eyes that must have been merry onco,
i crisp auburn hair that time had not yet quite
* inaamuUd to silver, a clean-shaved ruddy
fa re, and brown hands ful 1 of denta and dimples, r
j John was tho elder, still ho looked up to Roger
L-wiih grave respect, consulted him on every
K subject, and never, either in or out of bud new,
took any step without his approval. And
):«>gcr was no less deferential; without atiy pro*
ft ssioti of nfilet ion, or display of feeling, the
(iourlay Brothers dwelt together in dosest
friendship and love; their life was a long har
mony. and during all the fears of theiri ■
a nership no shadow had fullon between I I
: nnd their public life was m harmonious as their
* .private Intercourse. In business they were
§ wccewful, every speculation thoy mado pros-J
il pered, everything they touched turned to gold;
and as their whole lives were spent lu getting,
( not tnding, they were believed, and with
, reason, to l»o Immensely wealthy. ‘ Cold, haul,
gtern, enterprising,” men callod them; with an
*>. acuteness or vision and a steadiness of
, only to lie acquired by loug and close i..
tion to business. Resorvea in manner, afraplo I
- In their tastes, economical! a their habits, the
' 'Gourlay Brothers were tho last men in tho
world to be suspected of sentiment tbeir lives
t In' least likely to contain oven the twain of a
remain o. And yet thoy had not been always
mein business machines; tho sole aim aud end
• of their existence had not always been money.
In early years they had had brighter dreams,
r< nobler Ambitions. r
/ At arhool John had • distinguished hiiusolf.l
j and hlvbrU f university career gave promlso ofl
. a brilliant future. Roger had boon a bright, i
v ardent 1 «y, with a taste for music that was al
most a portion, and a talent little start of
* genius. With his deep earnestness, intensel
very ingnv tor sue Dresners; mere wi
to prevent andtverythlng to amisi o
LjfrJtowjoK his inclination. But In Jjo \
> VT i heir career their Cither died,and
| idiners of purpose, and clear, vigorous Intel-
iv Ifet John could scarcely have railed to make a
. Vtl htlpguifhed lawyer. Roger was a bora artist,
with a restless, lofty ambition. Life seemed
very bright for tho brothers: there was nothing
> assist each in
j very dawn
nd they were
'^ddeLly reduced from affluence to actual pov
erty. Nothing remained from the wreck of
a magnificent fortune but the bitter experience
. that always accompanies such reverses. Fine
t t> lends failed them, flatterers looked coldly on
their, distress, ‘those who had most frequently
purtnkm of their lsvfth hospitality passed by
- in tho ether side. Not a friend remained in
•?a thi ir adversity but one, and she had Indeed
t the will but not the power to help them. The
leys left college and turned their thoughti to
L ubinc. 5. It was hopeless to attempt to follow
«P their professions with an invalid mother
. and klo’lxed only sister depending on them for
euppcit. John secured a situation as clerk in
a city varchoore; Roger accepted a desk in tho
©filet* rf Bernard Burnell, an old friend of his
fatLci*J. They moved to cheap lodgings, and
for several years plodded on wearily, the only
gleam vf enntblno in their altered home being
the cmsfanl visit* of Alice Bmwell to their
Bister. Maude Gourlay and Alice had boon
school fellows and friends; they usually spent
their vacation* togeth r, aud Alice felt tho mis
fortune that had (alien on tbeir family as if it
had overtaken her own. But she could do
nothing except pay them flying visits, send
trifling gifts of frnit and flowers, and write
' irettsv sympathetic notes to Mamie.
_ _ A tern years of horiahip and poverty told on
, >ir>. < burlap's always feeble frame- still for
he r daughter’* sake she clang to lit.- with a
stmt ge tcrucity; bat Mandeb lover, who had
' gone to Australia to make hU fortune, return d.
Lot wealthy, but snflidently so to elaiar his
. bride in her altered cirramstsinva, Mw.<?ucrfay
u • xu <1 to Lave no. other object to live toe.
- lUt.cVs marriage was hastened, and the very
day after the rcrenumy. the poor, weary,
: bn. lur-hearted mother ditd. George Leslie
'took, his wife back with him to Sydney, and
John and Roger Gourlay were literally alone
in tho world.
As if in bitter mockery of their loss and!
loneliness, immediately after their mother's
death the brothers inherited a small fortune.
But it was too late for John to go back to his
studies, too late for Roger to return to his
piano; -they had follen Into the groove of busi
ness, and John at least was seized with a fever
ish eagerness to tnra his small fortuno into a
large one and become wealthy. So they went
Into business on tbeir own scconnt as Gourlay
Brothers, with the firm resolution of retrieving
the position their father had lost, nnd a very
few years sow them established In Whittier
street, and fairly on the high road to fortune.
Then, one quiet rammer evening, as thoy sat]
over their dessert, John opened his heart to
his brother and told him of his hopes, dreams,
and ambitions for the future.
“Yon will bo surprised, and I trust plowed, I
(o hear, Roger, that I lovo Alice Russell,” ho
said, laying his hand on his brother's arm; “I
can|hardly remember tho time when sho was
not dearer to mo than all tho world besides.
Tl;c bitterest part of oar misfortune to mo was
that it separated me from her; the only thing
-that has sustained mo through our long strug
gle was tho hope of some day winning her;
nothing else can ever compensate mo for the
ruin of all my hopes and glorious ambitions. 11
onco dreamed of being frmous. Roger; for her
fake I put that behind me, nnu have grubbed
for gold like a miser. We, Gourlay Brothers,
are on tho high road to fortune; I may aspire
to the hand of Alice
“.Surely, John,” and the .
voice was husky, and his ■ ^ ■
took up his glass; *1 drink to your success."
‘Thanks, brother. I should have told you
all this before, I should have confided in you,
but I feared trembling yon on my account,* you
would have seen a thousand shadows across my
path, you would have been more nnlnippy Ilian
I was xnvsclf. And now I want yon to promlso'
that it shall make no difference between us.'
We shall be Gourlay Brothers still?”
Roger stretched bis hand across tho-table,
and John grasped it heartily. “Gourley Broth
ers to the end of the chapter, old fellqw; .aud
may yon be as happy at. you deserve. God
biOss you, John I”
John's face became a shade or two paler with,
emotion, and he ttalked up nnd down tho room
a ft w times; then he stood behind his brother’s
ehait. .
“Roger, yon will think me very weak, very
nervous, but I dare not speak to Altec myself.
I could not endure a refusal from her. I havo
never even given her tho most distant hint of
my feelings. I have not tlio slightest renrion
to suppose that she regards me m other than a
mere acquaintance, at most ns Maude’s brother.
Roger, we have always boeh friends ns well as
brotherv-stand by me In this; you are less shy
aud^pnro accustomed t<* women; Alice for
lne; «?k lu r to be my win-.’’
“John, you're mail! Van do not mean it!”
“I do; it is my only chance, l’lcad for ray
lutofrineepi brother, as I would plead for yours;
I nin n nuin of few words, but I feel deeply. A
nm her lips would kill me; I could
*r< fWatl i
beivr it ft
bis face from the light. “I'll call on Alico to
morrow.”
The next day was the longest of John Gour-
•lay’s life; a bright, warm, happy day, that
made people, even in tho city, look glad and
cheerful. Ho went about his hnrincan as usual,
ate his luncheon, and walked homo lcinurely.
Roger waa standing at tho window watching
for him. and ho kept his back to him whuu ho
entered the room.
“Well,” John said gently, “Well, Bogor, havo
you icen her?”
H'Wes. 1’vo seen her.” and Roger faced round
Suddenly; “John, ola fellow, it’s no nsol”
“Brother l” auu ho lifted his baud as if to
ward off a blow.
“It’S no use,” Roger went on, in a hard voice;
rhe docs not lovo yon. Sho lores some ono
rife. Be a man, John, and bear it, for there’s
no hope.” *
Ono low, stifled groan, and then John Gonr-I
lay wrung his brother's lmml and walked I
steadily but of the room. What he suffered in
the hours that followed no ono ever know, and
when he appeared at the dinner-table ho was
calm and tclf-poaseMcd, hut aometbing had
either come into his face, or gouc out of it, thn
altered him. Bat of the two Roger looked tht
most pnhappy. Tho blow had really fallen I
most heavily on him.
“Jack, old fellow, we’re Gourlay Brothers
now, to the end of the chapter,” he said huski
ly. “I know you’ll never ninrry, nnd neither
will I;” and somehow John felt that Roger
meant what be said.
Twenty-five years passed by—a quarter of a
century of changes and chances—and still the
Gourlay Brothers held the even tenor of their
n i They were rich beyond their wishes or
res, and not altogether unhappy In their
I solitary friendship. Altec Russell seemed to
have drifted completely out of their lives; her
nnme was never mentioned, and whether sho
wss married or dead they did not know.
One morning, about the middle of September,
they were walking along tho King's Road, at
Brighton, whither they had gone for their an
nual holiday. Roger entered a shop to purchxso
something, anil John stood outside looking
dn study at the passers-by. Suddenly ho start*!
nnd advanced a step, ass lady in an invalid chair
was wheeled by. Chancing to look up, aho met
bis glance with a srailo of recognition. “Mr.
(iourlay, it surely ia—U must bo you. I am so
glad tome yon 1”
“And I to* meet yon,” John said, with a coot-
(ecus bow. “I have not the pleasure of
knowing ”
“My name—I am Alice Russell still,” she said
frankly. At that moment Roger appeared. For
an instant the blood forsook his ruddy face,
while a hot crimson flush rose to Alice's pale
check mshe tried to stammer out some wotd^of
greeting. Roger was no less conftiscd, and tho
expianlon of both frees was a revelation to John
Gourlay. He felt as If theworld had suddenly
drifted away from him and he was loft solitary
in come unknown infinite space. But there was
nothing of that in bis voice u he asked Alice for
he r address, and permission to call upon her in
the afternoon; then taking hia brother by the
aim he led him away, and they continued their
walk without exchanging a single word about
the strange encounter.
In the afternoon John called at Miss Russell’*
hotel, and in a few moments he found himself
seated beside her in a pleasant sitting-room
overlooking the sefl.
“Alice,” he said, plunging into the subject at
orce, “do you remember a conversation you hail
with my brat lu r a Icng time ago 1"
I “Yea, I remember, Mr. Gourlay,” she replied,
•adly.
“He mode a request tot me then which ft
was not in yonr power to grant, I am come to
make a similar one for hia now. Roger loves
yon, Alice. He hac loved you all tiMaelr.ng
weary years, though yon will at leas; believe I
did not know It then.”
“Poor Roger r Alice said, auftiy.^
“Yon care about him? yon will make him
happy even aft this late hour? Tell me, Alice,
It? Imt. lovrf Mm linn UKw*li I <XM
not know that h« and .boat mo, .nd If tho
little life that i. loft me am mike him Inppiar,
II «m drrot.lt to Um «bdl]r. *rmdl|
Kiger! You see I »m toaoldf.rpr
Mr. Gourlay, and I fear I am dying; therefore
I toll yon all.”
“Dying, Alico ? No, no! yon will live many
{ tan yet, I hope, to make my dear brother
.ppy—brave, loyal, great-hearted Itygcr! Let
mo tend Mm to yon now, and Alico, for my old
and tong affection’, take mako him happy. IIo
deter vea it, and tint U tbo only way I can over
lu lpto repay tho devotion of hfallfo.”
"I love him," Alico replied limply, “I cannot
do any more.”
In their lodging. John Gourlay found hn
brother paring icetemly np and down.
“Soger, I havo found out your meret and
hen," ho aid, laying both hia handa on hi.
choulderr, “loyal, nlthital Mend, go to her;
Hie luves you; ahe ia waiting for yon."
“l’oor Alico! how iho must have (nOTorod
“How we all have .ulfered: hat it', nearly
over now, Soger—tho grief, pain, regret. In
.11 clear and bright Soger, dear Mend, can
you forgive me?"
“Forgive yon, John? ny rather can yon for
give luo?” •
"Truo to the hut!" John murmured, ia ho
wrung his brother's hand. “Now, Roger, go to
her; sho ia waiting for yon, Sho loves you—
love, you, Sogotl Good-bye, and may yon
both he happy!"
Late that evening, when Sogor Gourlay re
turned homo, full of deep, quiet gladness, ho
found hie brother alttiug In an easy chair near
tho window apporently asleep. The foil moon
■lame down on hia pale foee, and ahoarod a
smile on hi. lira; hia band, were ctaapod on an
own book that restod on hia knee. Tho atti
tude was life-like, hut at the very first glauco
lieger felt that his brother was dead. Tho
doctors aald ho bad died of dlsoase of tho heart.
I’crhap. they were right. More pcopio die of
that malady than tho world knowa or.
A TRAGEDY OF EVIDENCE.
[Wilkie Collins lu Yonth’a Companion.]
At that mcmorablo period in tho early his
tory of the United Stales when American cit-
Iwna resented tho tyranny of Georgo tho Third
and tils parliament by destroying a cargo of
taxed ten, a Bristol trader arrived in tho har
bor of Beaton, haring ono pamengor on board.
Tills person wns a young Englishwoman, named
Estiirr Calvert, daughter of a .hopkeepor at
Cheltenham and ulcco of tho captain of tho
ship.
Kor
land 1 , -
associated with a deplorable public event—
which hvl shaken her attachment to her na
tive land. Free, at a later period, to choom
f'. i herself, she resolved on leaving England
ns recii as employment could bo found for her
ill another country. After a weary Interval
uf expectation, the sea-captain had obtained
u situation for Ida niece ia housekeeper in tho
family of Mrs. Andcrkln—a widow lady living
In Boston.
Esther 1
dntii a during tbo long
Intelligent, modest nnd sweet-tempered, sho
roon beeamo a favorito with Mrs. Andorkln and
the till tainrs Of tier young family. Tim - Til-
dim ‘ouml but ono ifliilt with the new house-
hup* r; luSpn-c.—-■<! inTltfinl)l)tSHt 1 - L l black
aril it nils fmpOMiiblc.tn provuli upon her to
give the canso. It was known that sho was an
oipbau, and sho lint] pcknowlegod that no
relations nf licrs bail recently died—anil yet
sho pi-relsled ill wearing mourning. Homo great
grici'had evidently overshadowed the life
the gentle English housekeeper.
.tin tho day before ho sailed on bis homeward
voyegc tlio Bcn-rnptain called to take leavo of
Iiia niece—and ihcn nskbd if ho could also pay
hia uspcels to Mrs. Andorkln. Ho wan in-
fortred that tl . Irnlv ef tlio house hod gone-
out. but that tho governess would bo happy to
receive him. At the interview whioh followed
they talked of Esther, nnd agreed so well la
their goed opinion of her that tho captain
tmid a long visit. Tho governess had per-
Minded him to tell tho.tory of his niece’s wasted
life.
Hut he insisted on one condition.
“Jfwehadbetnin England," ho »ld, “fl
should havo kept tbo matter secret for the
rake e-f Hit firmly. Herein America, Esther
is a stranger—here iho will stay—and no alar
will be east on the fcmily name at home.
Hut mlml ono thing! 1 treat to yonr honor to
tike no oneinto your confidence—excepting
only the mistress of tho honso."
More than ono hundred years havo passed
since theae words were spoken. Esther's sad
litcry may be harmlessly told now.
tn the year l?tu a young man named John
Jennings, employed os a waiter at a Yorkshire
Inn, astouIHrcd hia master by announcing that
he was engaged to be married, and that he
I puiposrd retiring from service ou noxt quarter-
day. Further Inquiry showed that tho young
woman’s name was Esther Gal vert, and that
Jennings was greatly her inferior in social
tank. Herfirthrr'aconaent to tho marriage
depended on her lover'o success in rising ia tho
world. Friends with money were inclined to
trust Jennings and to help him to start a bati-
I neu of bis own. if Miss Cslyert's father would
do aometbing for the young people on hia aide,
lie made no objection and the marriage en
gagement waa sanctioned accordingly.
Or.e evening, when tho Is it days of Jen-
nlng's servlco were drawing to an end, a gen
tleman on horseback stopped at the inn. In a
state of great agitation Lo Informed the land
lady that he was on bis way to Hull, but that
Iho bed been so frightened ft to mako it impos
sible for him to continue hil Journey. A high-
wsytsan had robbed him of a pores containing
twenty guineas. The thief taw (ss usual in
thoco days) was concealed by a mask; and there
was fcnt one chance of beingjng him to jastteo.
It wss tho treveUcr’a custom to place a private
mark ou every gold picto that he carried with
him on s Journey: and the stolen guineas might
possibly he traced in that way.
| The Isndlow (one Mr. Brunei!) attended on
^■ttsnpper. Ilia wife bad only that
rjd him of the robbery: and be had a
circumstance to mention which might lead to
Ithc discovery of tho thief. In theAretplaee,bow-
ever, ha wished to ask at what time the ertmo
had been committed. Tho traveller answered
that be bad been robbed lata in the evening.
Juntas it was beginning to gat dark. Ou
hearing tMs .Mr, Bread! looked very ranch
[dift raved. .
“I have got a waiter ben named Jennings."
he raid, “a man inporior to his station In life-
good mannen and a tairedaeaiion—In fact, a
general favorite. Bat for some little time past
II have obeerved that he haa been rather freo
I with his money in bedltag, and that habits of
Idrinking have grown on him. lam afraid he
is not worthy ef the good opinion entertained
of him hy myaelf anilby other persona This
evening I sent him out to get some small stiver
for me, giving him a galuee to change. He
came back intoxicated (riling mo that ebango
was not to be bad. I’oidered him to bed—and
then happened to.lookat the guinea which hi
I bad brought beck. Unforlurutaly I had not
at that time heard ef tbeiabbiwr, and I paid
the guinea away with some other money In
eetticmentaf a tradesman's account. Bat this
II am are of—there was a mark on the guinea
which Jennings gave hock to me. It la, of
course pebble that there might have been a
mark (which reaped my notice) on the guinea
which I took oat of toy parse when I seat for
cbiuife.”
“Or,” Ike traveller eoggeated, ‘it may have
is®?afiSfflWsvs; K
rtend of the guinea handed to him by yourself.
Do you think ho is asleep?"
“Sure to in asleep sir—in his condition."
““Do yon object, Mr. Brunei!, after what you
liavo told me, to setting this matter at rest by
searching the man'* clothes?"
The landlord hesitated. “It seems hard on
Jennings,*-be said, “if wo provo to havo been
suspicious of him without a cause. Can yon
speak positively, sir. to the mark which you
put on your money?"
Tho traveler declared that he could swear to
Ms mark. • Mr. Bnmoll yielded. Tlio two went
up together to the waiter's room.
Jcnnfn|- was fast asleep. At the very oat-
ret of the fregth they found tho stolen bag of
money in Ms pocket. Tho gninoas—ninotqen
in number-mid n mark on each ono of them,
and that mark tho traveller identified. After
this discovery there was bat one eoarso to tnko
The waiter’s protestations of imioconco when
they woke Mm and accused him of tho rob-
hery wore wurds flatly contradicted l * '
Ho was charged before a magistrate v
theft of tie money aud. as a matter of conreo,
waa committed for trial.
The circumstanoci wore a strongly against
Mm that Ids own friends rrcotmncndod Jen
nings to plead gifilty and appeal to tho morey
of the court. Ho refused to follow their advice
and ho was bravely encouraged to persist in
Hint decision by the poor girl, who briievod hr
his Innocence with her whole heart. At that
dreadful crisis in iter Ufe she secured the best
legal assistance, ami took from her littlo dowry
the money (hat raid the oxpenscs.
A11 lie next assizes tho care was tried. Tho pro
ceeding! Be fore the jodgo were a repetition (at
great h net h and witli more solemnity) of tho
proceeding- before tho magistrate. No skill In
erors examination could shake tbo diroct state
ments of; tl-o witnesses. Tho evidence wns
made absolutely complete by the nnpcaranca of
tho ttadesnan lo whom Mr. Hruncll had l-a-i
the marked guinea, Tliocoln (so marked) was
it e-tirioelly; tho man had kept it, and ho now
product-l it in mart. Thejndgosnmmed up. find
ing literally notldng that bo could say. as an
hom-rt man, in favor of tlio prisoner. Tho Jury
rcIm-ntdiwrrdlctorKUilty, nfter a consults-
tii n which was n matter of form. Clrarcroir-
rumstaBtlaFerfdenco ofgnlU had never (icon
piodnrrd in tho opiuion of overy pciapn-but
one—who was present nt tho trial. Tbo
sentence on Jennings for highway robbery
mar, by the iawofthoso days, deal h on tho
affoid. ■ J5F ”
Friends were found (o help Estlior in tlio
but effort that tho faithful creature could now
make—the attempt to obtain a commutation of
the rrnlcnc". She was admitted to an Inter
view with the homo serre-tary, and bur; -: it I On
was prifenttd to Iho king. Hero, again, tbo
Indisputable evidence forbade tlio oxe-re-Iso of
mrrey. Esther's betrothed husband was hanged
at Unit. Ilis lust words declared his innocence
—with tho rope around his neck,
Before n year lmd passed tlio ono poor conso
lation that she could liopo for in this world
found Esther in her misery. Tbo proof that
Jennings hud died a tnytyr to the fallibility of
human justice wm made public by tbs snnT-s-
eion of tt-o -r-jiltv man. Another iriudiiat
trial t. t il- asa'-es The inndtord of
nn was found guilty of liiivitig Hloleu Iho
-erty of n peraon staying ill Ids house, it
.slated in evidence' Unit Ibis war not bis
first offense. Ho lmd Iiccn luhitually r
robber ou tlio highway and Ids immo was Brio
mil.
The wretch confessed that ho was tho masked
highwayman who bad stolen tho bag of guineas.
Biding by a nearer way than was known to
tho traveler, ho hnd reached tho inn first.
There ho found a person in trade waiting by
appointment for tho settlement of a bill. Not
having enough money of his own about him to
pay tbo whole amount, Brtmcll had mado nso
ofonc of tho stolen guineas, and had only hoard
tho travclcrdce-laro that Ills money was nvirke-1
alter the tradesman had left the honso. To ask
for tho return of tho fatal guinea wns more
than hodaml to attempt. Hut one other alter
native presented ttsolf. The inorcllnn villain
insured hia own reCsty by tho sacrifice of an
Innocent nun.
After thn time when the sea-captain had raid
hia visit at Mrs. Andorkid’s house, Esther's
position became subject to certain changes.
One littlo domestic privilege followed another
re gradually and so modestly that tho house
keeper found bsnOlfa loved sod honored in am
ber of tho family, without being alilo to trace
by wlut racces»lun of events she- had risen to
the new place that sho oosupied. Tho socret
confined to the two ladies had been strictly
preserved; Either never even suspected that
hey knew tho deplorablo story of her lover’s
death. Her life; after what she hail aufibred,
was nut prolonged to a great age. Bho died
neon-folly, unconchms of the terra of death.
Iter last words were spoken with a smiio. Bho
looked at the loving friends assembled ronml
her lied, and said to them, "My dear one is
waitiug for me. Good hy.”
HEADY TO FIGHT
Ijacksohvii.i.e, Fla., December For sev
eral months lost, accenting lo reliable informa
tion which haa Just reached tills city, bod fuel
ing has existed between the Bemlnolo Indians
in Dado and Monroe counties, in tbo extremo
southern portion of the state, and a band of
-et-w-loyi enramped on Lake Okeechobee. The
■cow-boys tend the bents of the south Florida
rattle kings, and the Indiana claim they have
been driving otr and killing their cattle and
hogs. Dimands ef redress were met by the
ccw-heys with threats of a resort to bullets.
Thrco weeks ago the exasperation of tho In-
diaua reached a climax, and several shots were
atchanged, but whether with fktal effect is not
known, tvardaueea have boon danced la the
everglades during tho past two weeks, and the
bueke are said to have donned their point and
fiathers. Many of the settlers have removed
their families to the lsltuds along the const for
mfety.
The scene of the trouble is remote from rail-
rad aud telegraphic communication and aocur-
•te particulars are slmost unobtainable. It Is
reported, however, that a delegation of Indian
chiefs are en route to Titusville, tbo nearest,
town of any else, to lay their grievances before
g mayor, whom they look np to os a big
t, and erroneously suppose invested with
power lo suppress tbo outrages. IIo can do
nothing but notify tke federal government.
Whether he has done so ie not known.
A gentleman who has Just returned to this
city from Titotvilie leys the poopla on the out-
rkfrtaofthe everglades four that a nmn ere of
[the Whites will result if tho trouble is not ad
justed within a few days. The settlers claim
I that the Bemlneteo can master five thousand
|fl|drtere..8hoaj|fco)r p on thowa^.tlirir
l>r<rr»lon would M zlisost in iuipo*vDiiiiy,
the everglade swamps art almost Impenetra
ble to toy one but the Indian in habitants,
Bhould news of an Indian outbreak reach tbo
Ai-arhrs at Fort Marion and Pickens, It Is fear
ed they might btcomo dangerously reetivo,
though escape would be difficult If not impact.
WILLIAM WAILS,
nut Arp Looms 00 IS Uses], Bettis Is KM as Ota
snd Serves is He Would UM to to-An Arm
run or word ends oprsiusd Anus ou
ofths Hi tolls of tho naotv atone.
lie Wanted Full Credit,
A benevolent yooag lady, who had for a
long time sought to convoy eome lasting mr,ml Ms-
Kras to young bojeettbe north cad eho tied been
gathered teu her siregw Miofti allk sae
ofthayoangMare recently, referred to the death of
hia brother, a bon ho Hole up In a tone cipreastvo
ofprifie end eraiui«uii»; “Ob, that ain iaii tho
<«ad I got; l lia<l*iotbCf brother diq »ijMI« agp.’
lam not calm nnd screno by nomoanx Wo
aro passing through great tribulations In theso
parts. Iramohomo Saturday night with a
driving alert in my free bnt I knew there was
a light In the window for mo and. so I endured
it with resignation and hopo. Domestic lovo
and acheerfol fire Boon thawed mo out and we
talked abont tho beantifol snow and over and
anon surveyed IU myriads of tailing flakes from
tho windows and tho children wore happy.
But I am an old coon about sneh things now,
and wish I had Aladdin’s lamp to lift ns all np
and set ns down in Florida for a season. The
fonts nil ovor and tho novelty too. Sunday
morning I waited patiently for John. John
makes tho lira hot John didn’t romo to time.
Ho llvea half a mtlo away and whon I rose for
ward and looked out upon tho taco of n.-iforo, I
saw that tho beautiful'snow wo i deep, very
deep, and it occurred to mo that John n-usuow-
cd under and wasn’t coming. Tho wood
and thdightwood Was in Uio woodhouso nnd
tho drift was two foot deep midway, mid so I
trad to wade for fool. I'think tlioro was loss
on ill it limn most anything I ever undertook;
tut in course of tlino I got a good lire made,
and was happy. There was nnllghltvood split,
andnonx;.John lmd carriod tun ux homo
witIi li 1 in -1 in- inipi-ovidctil scump. Strange lo
ray, I found tho long-hnudicd shovel where it
belonged, nml I begun to nso it. I worked bant
and fast, (hoveling tho beautiful snow out of
tliopnihway to tho wood house, nnd off tlio
steps, anil out of tho buck plur/a nml down to
tbo lot gale, mill from there to tho alablo gate,
amt from there to tho corn crib; nml so firth,
nml vo on. Not a goto or a door could ho op.-uod
til I bad cion red a way, nml my feet trero
wet and cohl, and iny upper story all hot
and tiled, sml I hnd to como to Um hnuso and
hunt up old shoes nml dry socks, and rocoivo it
big lot of— domostio sympathy, A g.iotl break-
hist and hot colliio restored me, and so 1 tuckel-
cd tin- txsiutiful snow again aud^nailo a walk
lo tlu- spring, and fed the stock ; ami evory few
si looked up tlio road for John. In
of timo I got everything dnho that
Mil lo ho done, ami ivoa alnnit glad
that Ihoil nobody to help mo. What acorn-
fort tlioro lain tho reaction after you havodoiio
a work of finty yourself, jttow much cislcr
it is to do a thing ivhou ywi know you have
got it to do, anil there is no substitute to e ill
All day Bunduy 1 foil manly onfrhoa.
I swung tlio big sticks of btckoiy wood
upon any patliiuefiai shollltior and w.uhllod
r-refolly- and slowly np tho Stopianitri-plen-
ivlird tin-gi ulnl tires. I apit only one fall, and
.. slick went rolling one why and T Wont
sailing unother. Tlio liimio aluok with tin)
shuck, nml lay fcmnlo family tliouglil it tvvs an
eartfaqnakosud ran to tho rescue-, hut I rallied
t*i my work and showed them wimt is meant
hy tlio sunlrnl of thu fittest. TJtcro ia no
innocuous desuetude about ms when trouhio
conies. In abont half an hour I found that my
ankle was sprained, and I couident tocorauto,
ami 1 began to look up Uioroad again for John.
Thoy bathed tho swollen Joint with kcroseno
and camphor and mustang, nnd I grunted
around smartly nnd got bettor.
I do lovo to grant aud take on. It
dure iat as much goad ns It does
children to ciy, and I always did bellovo in
letling children cry when they got hart. It li
the best sort of medicine.
All day Bundsy and Monday nnd Tuesday
there was not a track ill the big road—not a
sonl went by or came in night. Thcro was
some rabbit hunting In tbo i naborbond, Imt it
didn’t last long, for iho huntonemildsnt travel
any better tlian the rabbits,- Rowland trlml It,
but hn soon foil in a gaily, that wav deeper
than bis head in snow, and i could hardly gnt
out. 1 loeaanred the gmoral avprsgo with nu
Iren square and it wss sixteen Inches. The
like or It has ncrar been Men In this genera
tion, and I hope will never bo again. Enough
of a thing u enough, and too muck is the
greatest plenty. Wo can’t go anywhere. My
w ifo sold tho lard was out and wo would havo
to send up to nabor Freeman's for some. ''Bond
who?' thought I. There's nobody bore toseud
but me—no man, no hoy. I’m the only boy
now, and I don't sea how I can get to Nabor
Freemon’s, It will tako mo an hour to shovel tlio
snow away from the two gates. Iran’tcllmhtho
fem e for It Is barbed wire ami I will get caught
Ion It and dung there and there Is nobody to
como and unhang me. It Is a quarter 'to Na
bor Freeman's and I'm a duck-legged sort of a
man and don't heltaro I can mAka it,
Hut sure enough Neighbor Freeman's folks
got out of sugar and ho rigged np a sleigh and
came down and we swapped sugar for lard, anil
bo brought it down. Jlia two big mules could
hardly null that sleigh down grade. 1 tried it
with a buggy, and tho wheals gnt solid and
then got oval sod one-sided and twisted and
I wobbled every way, and wo had liked to havo
J not got homo ngxlti#
Well, tho next day I waded op to Bowlsnd's
nnd borrowed an ax and sbovaied tho drift off
I the wcodpiio and cut np sow wood and aome
ligbtvrooa, and abont the time I got thrangh
nnd waa Mowing for wind, I looked np the
rood and Tsiw John earning with my ax on
his shoulder. I thought first that I would gut
my gun and shoot him, but I didn't. “What's
Men the matter, John,”said l. “Haro yon been
sick.” “No, sir, I haln’t been sick, but
1 is hnd do worst paina-de wont pains In my
bead and my back and jintea to be snre, to ha
sure. I try to git hare Bondar morning, bnt I
cava in fore I git fifty yards, I did shore. No
I slot been sick, bnt sick pains, sick paint. I
knowd you want din ax, bnt I lowad you'd
't ’long somehow. I knowod if any man got
.jng you could, and I tell my ola oman yon is
do shiftiest nun I ober seed In nil my llfo and
do beat one."
Tbe old sly coon knew my wtekneas for e
little flattery and so he laid It on thick. Well,
we know now what they mean up north when
they ray‘snowed under,’ but wo don’t fix up
foritllke they do. Our folks would perish or
frve/c if tbe IUM of this would last a month.
Not half of oor people keep a smoke honso like
wo used to before the war. We kill a bog at
a, time at oar house. Whon wo want
a cured ham we buy one. That is not tarmsr-
llke I know, bnt wo do It. Wo sail oor wheat
and boy floor, nod so when provisions got out
and we can't send to town wo are in a bod
fix. Tho town la In n bod fix
too, for they get oat ot wood sometimes
at.d free JO in. There are'poor folks In town
now who are boning paling* and oldplank and
hovering over a mighty Intlo fire. There are
lots of folks who need spun lir.n to mako them
provide forbo-l weather and hard times. I’ll
havo MS good home-made «l.,lgh before an
other sprit Wee this—set If I don't. This runny
tooth will have to rhangv. Its name before long
I neon it Is tlio yankecs moving down here
and bringing their blizzards with tin ,o.
imt we aro all rig'll now at our honso. We
killed a tat thole this morning, and my folks
are goii-g to mako about half of it into manage
meat .. VVe can klU a sheep or a yeariln .Wheip
wo want otto, and Mrs. Sicily- Mims can't be
bent on Mg hominy. Bo let tbo beautiful snow
prevail if It want* to. But hy aud hy will
ccmo tho ugly Aiurlt nnd tlio roads will be
awful. The very timo that Iho roads ought to
bo tlio last they aro tlio worst, and It is all
owing to tlio system. Tho system of road-
working la lust the same it was fifty yoars ago.
The hands aro called out ou n day's notice, and
they dig and shovel around a day or
a day and a half and call It dona.
Tito next grand Jury gets after tho commis
sioners and they get nfter tbo overseers and
they call out tho hands again and so on. Noth-
log thoy do la permanent. Tho roads ought to
be worked by tuxut Ion, Imt a man should havo
tbo option of paying Ids tnx or working it out
nt a dollar n day. This law would get an in
come from tho landlord*. I don't wot k, neith
er do 1 pay, amt yet wo travel tlio road to town
more than anybody, I ought to ho made ta
pay II road tax on my land,and I am willing to
pay If tho law is mads general My tenants
all work tlio road, hut seldom travel It. 1 don’t
work hut (ravel all tlio time, nml Dr. Felton ta
In the samo fix. Thcro ought to ho a s ore of
good able-bodied hands or convicts hJroil by the
■county to work tlio roads, and put thorn in
charge of a matt who knows how it should be
done. Won’t tho lcgMIuitiro pom a local option
low on this suljcct, and let encli county choose
Its own methoila. Floyd county ndopted the
convict plan twelve year* ago, and hut
tlio last roads in tho state. It is m
luxury to drive over thorn. Tho whole
system nnderonr l-rescut taw is wrougand hence
imcquaiiy and i* hsnb-r on tl*,, poor than on
tile licit and tho loud owners. 1 own half off
n milo of road front, and Dr. Fottoh owns e
mite on both sides and flhm Jones hstfu mtte,
and neither one nf ns work nor scud a hand*
The doctor nud 1 aro too old, and Dam Jones
live* in town, Nul-nr Fn-tanan owns a floe
farm r.cxt to mo, ami hn furuiahoa only one
baud. N'alior Mnmfonl owns two splendid
filial", worth, perhaps, twenty- thousand dol-
hus, nml he works lot* of mulos and wagons,
nud tnitiagi-snnd buggies, and sends ono hand
to work tlio road, amt when hn gets n littlo
older ho won't have to send auy. Those inns
and lnai-nuncso mine* are teaming aai
Is all tlio time, sod don’t solid a single
hand, for tlio owner* live away off vanewin-re.
i* a chance to clumgo tho system, And Iff
mmiiudonrr* want tin, convicts lsOptheTA
have them, t lood roads are what wo went.
Ily taxed to support tho courts and
tlio Jail nud other psoplo'a lawsuits bub
we laid rather -be laved for goad
wtladh. There nro two hail 1-nta
between my lurase nnd town, and they will nT-
y* bo had, oml yet twenty good hands ccmld
make good roods around thorn lu one week and
not inereuNo tlio dlstsnt-o. * v
1 was down to Millcdprvflto lust week, thAtei£,
good old town of im-morica—grout memories—■ ’’’•
tho old time honored oopitol, whoro the great,:
statesmen of nnii-hcllnnr days wore wont fid*)
oongroruito. x It is classic anil oqrasecnMa^
art,tit,d. My memory wont bock to tbedayeof
Temp and Clark, and tho Crawfords, and John
. it nnd Hcrrlaii, who were stars of tha
£i*t magnitude, and who*, (Irsrglsni will nnror
fnrgct. Then I came aloug down thu corridors
f time to Utrir peers of another generation
horn I personally know and roveronowf.
wcnty-Onu years sgo 1 met them there, for wo
Intel roiled for their ominsel in nu effort to ro-
i-onstnict our shattered oommoawoalth. Thorn
was Jtukins nml Cobb, amt Alock Htopluuisand
his brother Linton, nud Toombs and Bon Hill
and Horaohel Johnson,nnd nowliioy nro dead—
all dead, Tho stnto hotiHo lots been
couvcitcd into a college, nnd linn
In I raining over BOO pupils, more In fact than
any other college In tho stale, tli-ucml I), II.
Hilrbicnutatlonia an educator and dis-lpli-
narinn has already placed this institution
anion/,- iho first ill tho ntato. Ho tvt-ar* well
both mentally and phystcnlly. I lmd not seen
him for tweuiy-threoy canmudho had not great
ly changed. What a pure and notdo record Jim
i i* since (lu- war. Would that all oar
bravn generals lmil such an ono.
Tbo uld MH'-,tab's honso is still in thn cor
ner. If it could only tell all that It* trail* hare
hull! iviint a history could bo written. Great
men took bulging tline—nll tha great man off
tho last generation, amt there was ntrategyand
wit and anecdote and ulu<iucm o unsurpassed.
Hut Millcdgovillc I* it, itltor ilsad or ttNloop.
Sholsi-ryoyingnqiili-t and stialy prosperity.
New InilldfnfBaro golu,; op sit thn timo, amt
her pcopio aro calm nnd seme, A better hotel
I have not found ’anywhere. And that
alone, will giro a ! town a goosl
reputation, I Jnurneyrd from Mlllcdgovillo
to Gordon and olrlvgil before breakout, bnt
not bs foro Tiigt'owirririrrioit of that mom-
log's date had reached there. I thought surely
it was yesterday's taper, but no It was today’*
and I wss surprised anil delighted for it al
ways routes as a welcome friend—oxcept whon
tho hcauttfol snow cuts os uff from the railroad
and llivu It don't come at all to us. You said
you wished every subscriber would get o
more and so I have got mine, notwlthstandli
tho snow and herein ineleoe the name and
the money. I hope you will lure tho first
hundred tbouMudbyChrlitmasaml tho second
byf hrMmso year. I know that the more
subscribers you have tho better tin paper will
be. BillAbp.
AN BNOLI3H ROMANCE.
Il Mhrprril wins the Heart .
itor's Dslighter end Elnpe*.
NAMnmxr, Teen., December 10.~[8poc!oLT
Borne romantic incidents Hive come to light
concerning Chalks l'hlppen. who; together
with his son llowry, wrws killed in Stewart
county, by ofleeiis, who were about to arrest
them on the charge of cattle stealing. I’h/p-
B n wrso an Englishman Ira birth and breeding.
any years ago bo was, tlio hireling shepherd
of a rich Englishman at thu Hatch honso, mills,
in England, named Brestew. Remaining
there a few months he won the heart
of Ms msster’o daughter and In
duced her to marry him and fico to
America. About eighteen years ago Fhippen
and Mo wife appeared at the fumberland iron
works In Ktewrart county, and he was employed
so a shepherd. Fhippen, wan a rough, unodn-
oted, burly Englirhtnan, wbllo his wlfo wu* *
iclinrd and seMniUra lady. FMppeo accu
mulated considerable personal property. Ho
then leased a IB# form f„r t.ujcir*. At tin,
expiration of the leaso ho here,mo owner ami
had added romhto his worldly p.eee*mims.
l’hlppen had made many friends, some of whom
see among ourbestcitizens, who believe that ho
wsshonci-tand correct, while other good citi-
rmiUlii many of his goods wore obtained
hy dark and mysterious method*. In HJltx
l'hlppen died, having in her nossesvion a num
ber of lcltira from Queen Victoria, *1,owing
theta friendly correspondence had bennatr-
ritd on between her ttn-1 tbo queen for
many year*—Ir. tact, ever stare her arrival In
Tennessee. About two years later, FUfMO
married XlrAMafgta Turner, of Ijifiyett-, Fy.»
a most sstfrnabM lady, who rursives h!tu. Tha
killing ir I’bipi-cn and bis son was most un
fortunate, and white tho g„c«l people ot tbe
oWynuMB Messrs. McAnloynudCoj'cy
foe ti e indomitable energy and Mai they havo
dtiptayed in ferreting out the organized bind
of cow thieves who hare defied the
■tale's officers for the last decode,
they think the killing was unncceiwtry
and cculd have Men avoided. Tho coroner's
jury rendered a verdict of felonious killing,
—* * —-• placed lu the
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