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ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MORNING APRIL 19, 1837.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Our Story Corner
MY FRIEND BILL
BY MONTGOMERY M. FOLSOM.
For The Constitution.
‘‘ We count tho broken lyres that rest %
V here the tweet u ailing singers slumber,
But o’er their silent sbtens' breast
TLo wild (lowers who will stop to number.
Oh, hcuiui that brenk and alvu no alju
Have quivering Ups and fading tresses,
These lines are running through my head
While 1 Toad the cold, commonplace notice iu
the "Deaths?’ tulumu of our old local papor:
man.
On Is** Friday William Loper, a well known
farmer of this county, died at hts homo after a short
illness, lie leave* no family, except a nlceo of his
that ho hn» brought op sluco her parents’ death ten
ycats ago.
New Bill was my friend. Not mine simply
bccfu .'.r of old *%©ci& lions and bjjho friendly
turns u« had douo each other ju daysagouo,
but h* caiife Bill Loper wan ovorybody s frioad.
Tho world ic better fur his having llvod, aud
in d< ..Mi he will no; aland unrewarded.
3hat notice may lie read and a few short
ccmioLi ts indulged in by tboso who know
him. hut the great hurrying world of humanity
will skip the iiaxngrapir to road the Inlf-cojamu
account of the new rulicad deal, or proguoati*
cations couctruing tho effect of tho Into frost on
the fin is (Top.
Lilli" Amy Leper will clip tho notico out and
preserve it, along with a lock of tho grizzled
hair aid a faded amlmitype of "Uncle Bill,”
taken w hen he wna a callow youth with long
hair, n very long face, and a long, black nook-
choktr wrapped about his neck. Mho will
treasure it, for sho know a little of tho uu-
aclllsh, sacrificing life .that go id u*u lived.
1 ktew Bill when ho was a boy. His parents
tver© of tho common btook of Georgia farmers,*
only a little more ehiltlcas aud uuproviding
than the average.
Old Jol ‘
could dig
spend u c&y fishing in the river with equal
facility, and very neatly equel profit, lie was
ono cl those outer composites that wo meet iu
life.
The neighbors said-and neighbor j aro sel
dom Incorrect in thr.-ir opinions—that Loper
would have been a good school-teacher if he
had had & little more lmrning, and ho could
have niado a preacbor if bo had started young
enough. Ho was smart, intellectually, but
dull, v.ry dull, praclicully. Uo was a piddler.
Bill kps ono of tiro. His mother was a
queiuic us, discontented woman, who married
his fatter for his smartness, and rogrottod It
over Mttx wards. Hill was tho oldest boy, and
there v. ero two other boye and two girls. Old
John "as fond of referring to “my fambly,”
and would frequently ring in "the old ’ouun
an’ the childern” in his conversations.
When poorlittlo Bill was a mere child he
was crmpellod to assume the duties of a man.
Glad to shift tho responsibility otT his shoul
der?, Old John turned "the place,” us he called
the fine piece of land and the unproductive
little patch he had cleared on it, over tr "Bill
on’ tfco old ’©man.”
Bill would plow the old mule when ho was
to § mall that ho had to climb on tho fence
corner to put the plow gesr on hlrn. Patiently
he worked, day afur day, to help support tho
family.
At ten years old he was a little old man. It
was thru that a school was started in the neigh*
borhoed, and eld John, with characteristic en-
thnsium, "-signed Bill.” The boy took to edu
cation with an eagerness that I have never
^een equalled.
Ho would study hard all dar. tramp two
mill* home, and chop wood, look after tho
etoek, ftLd bring in wood, and then curl up in
a con.tr ami study while hi:; mother and father
kept up a ruuniug argument on tho question
of ways and means, before the fire.
Just before tho quarter was out. Bill’s math*
er was taken sick, and he had to sop school.
It Was a sad disappointment to tho boy, for he
had calculated on standing head of the class on
closing d*y.
*‘I do luUe mighty bad to have to 3top,” ho
told mo, "but you see thcr aint nobody to look
a’U-r ma an’ tho youg una, fur pap, he'* hardly
ever at home. Eolum ’bleegtd to quit, but I
tell yon. hit do go a*in the gram.”
Boy a** I was I looked In those great black
eyes, and saw how tho cloud of dirapp.intmeat
dimmed the ray of hope that glimmarcd there.
From that time until he was fifteen, Bill was
a slave. Ilia mother never got well. She
grew xnr.ro querulous with her continued ill
ness, and poor Bill bore unoompUiningly
many reproaches from those pinched lips, for
she was bis mother, and the nnsophlsti-sated
toclcf that hoy was of too high au order of
nobility to rebel against that divine right, al-
Ihcrgb ur.justly exercised.
School time *■***• and went, and hla two
brothers attended, some of tho time. BUI
could not be spared. "He’s the main stake in
my fence,” John Loper would say. Really, he
was the fence.
Bdddc&ly John took B into his head to pur-
j guo his unpractical scheme* iu a still larger
i tuny, aud lav down and died Tula was tue
r v« ry acme of his vagarie.*, aud it succeeded be-
! yond his wildest expectations.
, When the neighbors ronuded up the littlo
I mound over old Jehu's gr ivo, they tunic l to
Bill, whore big black eyes were filled with tho
teats of benavi-uieiit, but half comprehended,
and said: ‘Nor. Bill, you mu*t bo smart and
help your mother ratoe tho family.”
.1 ust ft*if i o had not spent tho few years of
Ms boyish life doing that very thing.
“A few c*t* the mnele string.
And tim-v (’-me Is i»r.-ud to wiu them.
Alar! for thou* who never nin«,
but die wii.inil their mullein thorn."
"1 can’t never go to school no more now, 1
Bill said to me, 'Tor yon see it’ll take our
best to muko tongue aud bocklo moot.”
It was a hard ttniggle. I am so sorry for
poor folks, anyhow; they do have such a
hind time of If.
Bnt tho patch grew Into a field, and good
crorswcro made, and Bill plodded a’ong In
manly faabion until he was eighteen years
o’d
The Msfoty rf nil southerners of forty years
old nnd upward* is very much allko. All
nrntthrough with tho s*mo sad experlenco,
ti nt wild dr»5»n of the vrer of ceccssion.
Jtill’a family "come up Jcstliko stops,” as old
John w:»s wo*:t to rerr. irk. Jasper was sixteen,
"/.cko was fourtern, Miry was twelve and littlo
Betsy was ten. Just like stops, indoed, they
w< n graded
Bill’s mind w ? not soslugglsb os many p?r*
s^ls r. girded i f . True, he had boon so long
accustom'd io tbo dull routino of hodploss
| diudgery that bo had became habitually ro-
s.rvvd, aud to tie casual observor he appeared
to boa numbskull a more animal, moved more
byii stinct m»d mcebanieal habit than by a
su^*ri<-.r intcUigcuce. But I know something
of l isirunr nature Away down doop in his
soul there were eddies atnl counter enrronts
th*t chaftd und murmured bontath the placid,
tlow moving surface that mon o>>aorvcd.
Bill loved Fvlly Pendleton, aud I know it.
She. had toon the only littlo sweetheart ho
had daring hi* short experience at school. She
hitd helped him over sumo hard fences, aud
Bill, iu bis diffident ar.d reticent mannor, wor
shipped tho little brown eyed, brown haired
benuty from a distance. Ho used to tell rao
that when ho got the children all provided for
he v as going to a>k Polly to come aud livo
with him alwuj s
' Hit do seem liko T ortor ho entitled to t-hnt
much. a’Ur all tb» *« years of work,” ho said,
“nnd then, yon know, I litiot never-had no
chance to enjoy myself, i couldn’t 'ford to bo
IVolfckfn’ arcund while ru t an’ thechildcrn
nirc anerdin’m* at homo.”
John I»p< r, at sixteen, wss tho son of his
father, iuhciiting rut only tho uamo, but the
attractive urn! erratic shrewdness of tho old
man. Full of chitueiical s-hemes, fond of
planning and Mill fonder of explaining his
plans. He was a smart fellow, and said smart
things, and the men of the neighborhood liked
to listen to John when he was in a talkative
mood. He mended urtlcletof broken fnrniture
for the old women, jolnedein their gossip and
thus their hearts wore won.
When the war came Bill was drafted. Ar
ranging all tbo littlo homo matters to the best
udvantage, he counselled John to keep a sharp
lookout and to t-tko rare of "ma and the chil
dren” while ho wss away. "Ma” had done
Iccrncd to rely on John in a measure, for tho
s«mo qualities that in that olhor John had fas
cinated her in early life wero fascinating still,
and so it came about that the less dcserd'ig
aon fell heir to tbo regard and confidence of tho
mother who had boon so long loved aud labored
for by poor, plodding Bill.
Wo both joined tbo same company, and Bill
was os faithful in service of his couutry as he
was in his devotion to tboso dependent up m
him at heme.
One day ho came to me and in a sort of era-
barrneEcd manner communicated tbo fact that
bo wnntcd mo to wiito him a letter.
"You knowl hain’t got uo eddycation wo’th
nothin’,” said ho. "at/1 bavo t*> ax this favor
of y ou fur I know yon kfn fix it up right. I
Eomctimcs b'llcvotbst if I coild V wont to
fccbnol I xiionght V I'amt a heap. Now, I
< M.’t zackly tin'mtan’ what that 'ore po’trr
it'cani, that you wuh a leadin’ this morn in’,
but somehow It. mode a cor ona fcoliu’ corno
over me, an’ 1 reck in ef I’d V had tho l’arnin’
I n ought V writ somethin’ like that.”
Tho ponu wa» iliu ouo of which tho firrt
end then I repeated:
"Not where I.cucodlan brasses sweep,
O'er Htppho'a memory-haunted pillo.r,
Rut whcio Hie glhtunlug nlaht deura w«*:p
O'er L&mclcM lorrows' churchyard willow."
"I don't like thim lines much; they aro too
rail. I toll you what I want you to da. I
wnut you to fix tips rale nice lotter to Pally.
Pnt in it that when this war Is over—hotter
put it like the *mig, 1 reckin—'When this cruel
war is ended,’ 1 mean to come homo aud mar
ry her, an'—ad*— 1 well, you know how to
fix it. Will you do it?’’
"Certainly I will. You sit down here and
tell me how you want it, and I’ll dress it up
fur you.”
1 he lette r was vn itteu and posted, and tho
next day we started on a long march. Day
after day, as we tolled along. Bill would ask
me &s to the probability of his getting an early
aubwer, and as the great bulky body bended
I aticiitly bencam tliu double burden of his
own md a sfck comrade’s belongings,
bis dark eves would light np with a hope
that was beautiful to contemplate. Patient
t.d Gclf-aacrillciDg ho movel uumnrmuriugly
Ltrevcr Low-os ordered, aud never shirked
duty,however irksome. He reminded me of
seme powerful t*rsst of bunion, glftod with
such perfect docility, that weaker beings easily
mansged him while many nn intractable ani
mal with fork*of his physical power, waa
bound with cords and fetters to enforce obedi*
tee.
At last the letter came It was cautiously
. t.d coqoLtiably wordul, with just enough of
promise in It to ret tho poor fellow's heart
aflutter with anxiety. Tho opening words of
a sentence tram-ported with cestacy, while the
ckting expre-adon plunged luo soul into the
dt-pths of aeipondtLuy.
Boon after that wo entered a little town away
np there am-ng the Virginian hills, and-hi we
weie stiolling Hiong together one day we ctme
sciuw an iiiuuwLb photographer’s tent. Bill
decided to bavu Lia "picture taken,” sod (he
aeeommc«!ating»rt ? «t lent him a coat and
wound hi( "neck choker’’ about Bill’s roagh
nrk. and tho ambrotype was soon ready.
In lha next litter home Bill enclosed this
iiturt to Polly, aud its rcc-tij»t war duly ac*
towledged, &t.d the note accomyanying it
wts wiitte*: jurt ws ea itiously as tho first, but
it (Gi.Uii.Kl a liiiie curl of auburn hair that
was doubtless kept hidden away between tho
leaves of the old family Bible to the day of hit
dc»th.
When the war closed we returned home only
to find tho country desolate. Pojr BUI! It
was a «:d home coming to him. John had not
managed things well, and tho old mother and
the girls were eafiV.ing for the necessities of
life. John hsd d&dwl away, with bii mother’s
consent, for toe titles wero through her,a good
portion cf tin 1 aid which Bill had straggled
so hard to retain, aud now it would pies into
other bauds unices it was redeemed.
But, wosse than all, Bill coon learned that
Polly, his pretty, piquant little Polly, was
fonder of tba fascinating John than of his own
sober self. Poor boy! It was a sad awakaning.
The cne burst of sunlight that had enlivened
tbo gloom of his lifo had paled and grown dim.
Just as the sunbeams burst after tho dreary,
forenoon of a rainy day, ouly to bury itialf in
tho still murkier depths of the storm of tho
afternoon.
Bad hearted he turned away and resuniod th)
old, life-long, burden that seemed made far his
f boulders. John married Polly, and they act
up in lifo on a littlo property that Polly's wid
owed mother had beqeuathed hor. Thoro was
tho sunshine of the summer that ono had lost.
Here was the old, gray, autumn ho had won.
Years parsed away. Tho girls msrried mon
from distant localities and moved away. Zoko
went wild and it was but another stick added
to tho heavy bundlo when ho got in troublo
gage to redoem his younger brother. Tho re
demption was hardly worth the prino, fur ho
was slain in a wild carousal a year later.
Mr a Loper uihiod John aud liU lively man
ners, and os hor lifo drew nearer to its close she
forgot tho weary years of devotion aud seif
s' orifice, and died with John's name on hor
lips, whiio Bill, tbo silent and uncouth, had a
neat licadstono placed by tho grave, bearing
all tho oxpen&o himself, and Johu ermpoaod
tho epitaph.
Ale*! nUs! my talo is over true. I am sorry
I cannot put some brighter colors in tbo
picture. Had l tho powor of the novelist I
might oven try to fresco this gloomy cloud
with a lining of silver, or at least, tinsel.
Du:lr t; tho weary years that followed. Bill
redo* med th© old property, aud made tho old
farm one of tho finest iu tho neighborhood.
Bill Wits not popular, howovor, for a lifo of
ccmpuhory economy had naturally made him
saving, end pcopln rewarded his gonorous
deeds by culling him "stingy” Bill Loper.
John wss quite popular, l'ruo, his crops wore
pc-or, and ho was in debt, but ho said the
wht lo system of farming was wrong, aud ho
meant to reform hi* neighbor!. As far hisdoSts,
).* vuR'ic i* jrr*t of them, and said that a follow
would network half go well if ho were out of
debt m w hen ho was iu.
A i-T.ci t little girl baby was boru. aad they
cn’led it Amy, although "Undo Bill,”as Mrs
Polly complained, "was so curious in his ways,-
and wsbUd to namo hor Caroline, alter Johu’s
mothir. Catch her namo a baby of hers after
a poiiou of the doeexaed Mrs L jpor’s tompor.”
At last there c*me a bad year. Crop* failed
and busimes failed, aud Rtrong men were
ebakenand weak ones overthrown. Down in
tho wuck Went John I.opcr, smiliug sarcas
tically when the mcrchauts closed him out,
and dcrJnrjpp bn was fired of /arming any
how. But Bill Lopor was solid, and back to
the old Lome tho family canto to share his
bounty. Polly had never been very well i‘
littlo Amy’s birth, and John’s failure was too
much for her proud little hoart, ami ono day
iu November they added another mound to the
old burial lot, and John Loper remarked that
"misfortnnes never come singly,” Leaving
the littlo Amy* with Bill, he wout out
into the world to hotter his
fortunes, disappeared In the we*fc, where so
many sro lest, and Amy knew nor cared for
sny on* bnt "Undo Bill.” So. at last he found*
a rosy blush ou the sauaet sky of lifo’a stormy
day, ai.d watched the tKillght shadows gather
SKurtd Mm.
That little girl hod the best of ovcTythlng
that he could procure, and now tint he is
gono, "after a general decline,” sho has a good
homo with money enough to last a Ufa time,
.'id I think that w-n must agrao with the
inger who so pathetically and truly writes:
"Nay. pilevo not for tho dead, nlono,
Whore song truth told tho heart’s sid story;
Wc-( p for the voiceless who have known
'J'ho cares without tho crown of glory.”
A CYCLONE IN OHIO.
Cleveland, O., April 15.—A cyclone passed
over Belmont county this afternoon, wrecking
eiveiiil form houaes and barns, and doingcou-
aiderablo damage to churches and business
block b at 8t. Clairsvillo.
The county iufiimary barn, costing $(1,000,
w*» i oiupletely destroyed. Uho total lose in
$*10,000.
At Martin’s ferry, the rcsidonro of J. H.
Drtnnou, editor of tho Nows, was so badly used
up tbat not cue brick was left on tho othor.
L. \V. Baiicv’a fine concrete rrsidcuce was also
leveled to the ground, aud Heury llolling’s
eight houatr, barns andshods woro all destroy
ed. In the town proper, 75 to 100houses were
more or less damaged, and the Iojs wiil reach
$l()5,CtO. Walnut grove, a fino park, lisa but
a few of three hundred lofty trees standing.
Jerreslb illey’s house nnd raloon were blown
dowu and Alia. Rellley was pulled uncouaoiuua
fiui) the ruins and may die. Here the atrrm
struck tkotown at 4 p. m., without warning.
Beside Mrs. Reilly, tho casualties reported are
Jr-inta Reilly, her husband, a saloon keeper,
both legs broken; Bin. Wilhelm, collar bono
broken, Mark Davis, of Martin Ferry store
works, probably fatally injured; a Gorman la-
lerer, whoso namo could not bo learned, dan*
get* ti«ly injured.
When tho storm struck the Ohio llvortho
water shot up in a ptrpendicultr wall about
twenty feet and then fell back in a frothy,
teething foam and simultaneously a thowor of
fercc-botrds, shingles, posts snd timlier, with
tomo large aections or houses, foil in a shoot
on tbo turbulent wgters. Tho river families
is atrewn with wrecks*©. Fair?low school*
house, one mile west, wus
totally wrecked, and Miss White, the school-
Usrh'-r. was badly hurt; and several families
were rendered homcleM. J/ib'syeUe rink was
ergsgtd by the city Authorities** a temporary
shelter for the home-lets.
Wheeling, W. Vo.," April Id.—The cyclone
at Ht. Cldin>vllle yesterday was more severe than at
flr*t reported. No ratnaUIea were reported l**t
night. Todsy tho following aro reported; C. W.
Troll, manager of the Oellaire snd rik UUlrtvUie
roui, Laa a fractured ana ss a result of the storm
J. W. Itilcy, right leg broken end Internal In
juries; a littlo fon of F. W. Coch
rane; Nonhsm railway exnrcaaman, col
ored. wa* fatally injured; Mayor Duvios
of Bt. Claliavllle today, sent out an appeal for at-
»i*tance,eddrciiscd to the mayors of Wheeling,
Clnricnatf, Cleveland, Co)umbu*>, Toledo, Dayton
Fptfngfleld, Zanesville and I'ittA&ury, aud other
At Martin a Ferry the dittreaa la even greater
than at fit. ClninvUle. the loaera !>ofng (n rnott
cates poor working people. A meeting w*a hold
thisatternoouanda commUtoe appointed, with
Mayor Kellar at its head, tomioliterto tbs want
of sufferer*.
Crushed Agwlu.
From the Washington Critic.
"I'm gfing to speak my mlcd at that meet
ing (rnli'i.i, and don’t you fonret it," said aa ira’.e
M*-trepoliun rlubater to his wife.
* Going to speak it plainly, are you, dean" see
asked, quietly.
"Yu, I air; I'm going to speak rayraiad, my
whole mind, and nothin? but my mind."
•*Wha» a ihort speech It will be,” she said h If
to hem If, and went on sewing.
The Progret of t'frffixation.
From the New York Mali.
Kind lady (to tramp,— My poor mao, why
dui’t you find some work?
Tramp (between mouthftfis)—f do try to, mam,
but there Is to work now In my line.
lady •pRyisply *—And what U jroar line?
qraiDy—lu»odto be the manager of a roller
rink.
A HELPLESS GIRL.
My Wialluce P. Heed.
For ?he Constitution.
It was years ago. I was young aad fond of
adventure, and perhaps i\ trifle too self-confi
dent.
When tbo bond of tbo great law firm of
which I was one of thoornnmeutil attachments
so to ppcak, called mo iuto hU private oillco ono
day, and asked me if I would uudertake a
piece of detective work, I jumped at it.
"I am your man,” 1 said, after hearing tho
particulars of the cose.
"You will bavo to cope with tho sharpoit
and most versatila rascal in the couutry,” re
plied my senior partner, "and if you succeed
in beading him ofT it will bo a big thing.”
Itwr8melct3 to talk tome at that tiaro
about the difficulties In tbo way. I felt sure of
my rbility to track our man and secure him.
The fellow’s namo was Ht. Gaorgo. Ho had
wrecked n big estate .for which ho had boon
working in somo fiduciary capacity, and ac
cording to our confidential advices, ho was
then elowly ranking his way through Texas,
on bis way to tho Mexican botdor. Ouco in
Mexico ho would bo safe, as our oxtrodition
treaty did not at that porlol cover his oil'cuso.
The point with us was to iutcrcopt him and
rnnko him disgorge his misappropriated funds.
"Itwllltako quick work,” remarked my
pnrtrcr. "Ho hai a good start, nnd you may bo
tcolntc.”
"I think not,” I answered. "Ho is not go
ing to plutigo headlong over tho bordor. Ho
will feel his way, and select tho safest crossing
place. Now, wo have every reason to boliovo
that bo will rank© for K11*490. That ii his
best point, nnd ho knows it. I shall make El
Fnso tho b»Fo of my operations, and catch him
wlu li ho come* along.”
Jtt-iuok u&tliat under tho circiuustancos
this wes as good a plan as any. St Goirgo
was p. young man, extravagant and fond of
diapl'ty, and it was not lilcoly that ho would
bo ablo to effectually disguiso li ini sol f. I had
never scon him. This was agalntt me. and it
was uho in my favor. Jt would enable mo to
apprrnch him ’without being suspected.
"1 am afraid that it is a wild gooseebaso.”
raid tbo head of the firm, when ho shook
hair's at parting.
1 laughed at 1dm. To mo tho wholo business
was v( ly simple. My information gavo mo
Ecvcrsl good clues. I know whoro Ht. Georgo
bad been even At different towns iu Texas, and
the reports of correspondents stated that a uuau
yho bad evidently attempted to disguiso him-
self bad appeared under various names at cer
tain other places. A doteetivo had bee* with
in an sen of trapping him several time*; but
bud slwityb Wn baffled at tho critical moment.
I'toui all appearances tho tourist who w*« so
much wnntcd was cautiously beating his way
^Jt recurred to mo that it was labor lost* to fol
low Mich a man. Tho only ohanoo of reaching
him waa to goon ahoad and wait. Naturally,
1 he would spend a day or two, noasibly a week,
in El Paso. l(e would desire to find out
whether the way was open before ho attempted
to enter Mexico. It would bostrmge indoed
if I did not spot him before he had been iu tho
town imny hours.
Tbo moment I landed in El Paso I male no
scc.it t of tho fact that I was n land spacuU’or.
Iu two days I was on bail fellow term* with
the whole town. A score of colonels stuck to
tnolikn leeches, and salt wna a partofiny
propramiun to encourage tho bibulous tondau-
ckn of every body, my popularity was phenom
enal.
Every strange face camo under ray scrutiny
J whs on tbo watch all day and nearly all
night. I made strangers, travelers and visi
tors tipsy when such a thing was poasiblo, and
wormed ovory thing I could out of thorn. I
knr w that St. George could not resist drink
and cards, and I felt assured that when be
camo be could not cscapo mo.
Tire days tolled on, hut ruy game kopt oat of
sight. Sometimes I looked across the river to
tho *!c(py-looking Mexican town of El Paso
Del Noire, and wondered whethor Ht. Georgo
Imd eluded my vigilance and mado his way to
thut haven of refuge. Matters on the Ameri
can side were growing monotonous. I began
to lorn some of tny conlidonce, and maro than
once 1 seriously entertained the idea of giving
up my bootless quest and rotumiuf homo.
But tho matter was destined to end in a
diff* rent way. Late one night, after 1 had
mud« my usual round of the Caro and mon to
rooms aud the saloons, without aeoing any
body resembling the object of my aesrob, I
turned into a dark, narrow street offering me
the fthoiteat louto to ray hotel.
"Help!” Murder!”
It sounded like a woman’s voice, and In an
imtant my blood was on fire with excitement.
With a pistol and a stout cane, I was
equipped for any ordinary etnorgoncy, and I
iiiohid furiously to the locality from which
tho cries proceeded.
As I found, it was a young girl struggling in
tho bands cf a couple of buily greasers.
Tbo sound of my footsteps aud the ominous
‘click” of my pistol when I cooked It worked
like a charm. The greasers fled precipitately,
*Ld 1». ft mo alono with tho young lady.
Ob, surer,” sho oxclalued, "you nave flavod
my life. How can l thank you?”
Tbcie was something familiar in the ring of
Lr r voice, and a close lock into her face reveal
ed the feature* of a mysterious guest at my
hotel.
The Rcnorita Montes!” I exclaimed.
Yes, tenor. I recognize yon now. Yon
lave rendered me a gnat sort loo, and I ara
alout to ask you fur still fuxtbor assistance.”
Tho situation began to Interest me. The
seroHta bad been for three day* the anbieet of
rxnridcrable talk among my fellow guests. No
glc knew whence she came or where she wae
gull g. Hhe took hor meals in hor room, and
bdd aloof from everybody. Occasionally she
took a solitary walk, but ehe wae always
closely vailed. Her face was never visible ex*
a pt caiiy iu the morning when the came out
cu the talccny for a littlo freab air. I had
arm her on tho talconv, and hsd been con-
ar.fr.ua that I wa» the object of something more
thao a pasting glance from hor bright eiM.
And now 1 was brought face to fact with the
fUr unknown.
'honor!to,” I raid, with tremendous ©xrneat-
rr»a. "vou havconly to command me.”
To do tho young lady Justice, ahs appeared
to l c very ranch affected, aud it was somo lima
li fore fM spoke. When *be wax cilraeraha
toM me her s»o'y. H ho was the daughter of a
M**irr.n rrnugiiler. She deteste l tho battne'H,
but she was lototd hy h( r father to make fra-
qn«r,t trip* acioai the border, nor last trip
bp*i been a danperoru venture, and she was
afraid to return to the Mcxle*n able until she
co iid go secretly aud under the cover of dark*
1 know a place down the river,” ahs said,
"•lire a skiff I* concealed, and I wu on ray
way to the spot when those ruffians attacked
mo. It is almost a matter of life and death to
me to grt quietly over the river tonight. I
mutt tcc tny father and warn him, and then
we must both seek safety on this aide. Will
yon aid a helpless girl, tenor?”
Would I? Of course I woubl. I cared
nothing about amngtUng, nod when a pretty
smuggler said that she wii a kelpie* girl, and
needed my protection, it was easy for rao to
d(fidc what to do.
‘Mny I reo you to tho skiff aud take you
©vci?’’ 1 asked.
"That might endanger tho sonor," was tho re
ply, "I can easily inauogo tho skiff. If the
tenor will wait ou this sldo until I give the
Gigral that 1 bavo reached tho opposite shore,
all will bo well.”
To tl.ib I readily consented, and a brisk walk
of ten minutes brought us to tho littlo boat. I
fcRw the rt-norita safely afloat, aud gavo her
hai d a significant pressure.
"When—?” I began.
"In a fow (lavs,” ahe whhpered. "My father
v id return with me, aud tho sonor shall hoar
from us ”
Tho littlo craft *pcrt out Into darknosi and
was pcou lost to sight.
"Adios, seuor,” rang out from tho other
tide.
.Sbowasrafo. I walked bsck to town, and
went hi my room in high spirits over my ad
venture.
“Smuggler indeed!” I said to myself. “Sho
is too pictty and refined for that. Kho is a
revolutionist beyond a doubt. Bho it mixed
up with somo plot against hor govornmont.
Well, It Is all right, provided sho conics back.
I must ace more of her.”
In tbo morning I was aroused from my slum
bers by n clamorous knocking at my door. Tho
scrviint. who was making all tho racket, ex
cused himself by pointing toamud-faoed, bare
footed Mexican boy.
"This boy, sir,” he said apologetically, “camo
over tho river with a lot.'jr, which ho said
must be given to you In person,”
I took ibo letter.
"No nnawer, seuor,” said tbo urchin, as be
shipped off.
"It Is from tho renorlto,” I said with a smile,
as 1 opened tho ( velopo.
"Mr. Amateur :>etoctlve,” tho note began.
Iiir the river. 1 wanted to ....
timber. 1 wna uucaby st tho hotel. When you
looked al me l could not tell whottieryoususpcct-
ed me or whether it was ulniply admiration. You
muM admit that I worked tt cleverly. Did you
think tliHl you dccoived any ouo in K1 Paso? Tho
nnd if t detective work alone. I am in a good hu<
mor till* morning becauso I am safe. Then I havo
•idled tho petticoats, it wmh a hard trial to wear
ail thr-t. (angled imrueas; but. thunk goodiusy, it is
over at lust. Don't think I hear malice. You
Luvu my Lett wi&hcs. Your friend.
St. GRonn* ”
I rose from mv cbnlr, and catching sight of
my f uc in tho mirror. 1 said:
"You miserable fool!”
This gavo too some satisfaction. I stood in
front of the glass awliilo. amidol I verod an oarn-
rat Anglo-Saxon talk of tho most emphatic
character imaginable.
II did not tako long to pack up, pay my bill,
aid jump Into an outgoing stago.
Ht Georgo Is at ill at largo. Bo far
concerned, I am dono with him.
THE DBY WEATHER.
Ga lykotoit, Tex., April 11.—The drought
throughoutTcxaa continue* unbroken. Lite
nd vices from Van Antonio and vicinity say that
the ralnflill of Saturday and Sunday iu that
section proves ir.snlliciflut. Tho sigusl officer
at San Antonio reports the precipitation of ,25
of s.n h oh of Saturday, and of only .05 of an
(Itjoule, tho preclpitatlou was heavier Com*
plaints from tho cotton bolt aro rapidly in
creasing.
Drouth reports now coustituto tho principal
news Runs of tho atato.
Han Antonio, April 11.— A public mooting
was held hero Hal unlay evening for tho pur
pose of devising means to aid famiUci rendered
doBtliuto by kusoii of tho provsllliig drouth.
The exocutivo committoo appointed al a moot
ing hold a consultation today and decided to
lend out circulars Immediately to responsible
nerfconn in sections contiguous to Ban Antonio
In order to osrertafu the number uud nocowl-
tics of (lie sufferers before making a goaorai
appeal iu their behalf.
Han Angelo, Tom Green county, Texas.
April l.'L—Tho drought which has prevailed
fur»o long a thus in western Ter**, is at last
broken. There wa* a heavy rainfall through
out thin section last night, which began after
dark aud lasted during the entire night. Tel
fallen hero In yoars. The confidence of farm
era and atockmcn iq fully restored.
Austin, Texas, April 12 —Governor Boss to*
day vetoed tho tax bill which postponed (or one
year tho collection of taxes In tbodrougbt districts,
rmbra * ‘
dccltr
lion.
Kansas City, April 12 —General rains have
falieuu dsy iu eastern Kansas and hopes aro en
tertained that they will advance eastward.
Bloomington, 111., April 14.—Tho drouth
throughout Central Illinois, together with the
gnat and continous hoot, Is unprecedented.
Nothing like it has been known for a great
many years. It has not rained for six weeks,
and then but a little fell, not enough to fairly
hrei<k an unusual winter drouth. Tho ther
mometer registered nearly 90° In tho shade
daily. Many farmers ore obliged Ur haul water
for (took, and pasture* furnish little
nourishment. Borne farmer* are still feeding.
Except that the trees are leafless, tho country
presents the aspect of August. The fields are
so dry that It Is oeit to imposrible to harrow,
owing to clouds of dust. The oats crop i* very
backward. Somo fields are not growing, and
tile drains are stopping their flow
of water. Fanasra ere beginning, to plant
coru. nearly three weeks ahead of time. Bo
far tire crops have not been injured except
pram, end if a heavy min should fail this
week the prospect would bo excellent.
Thomson, 6a., April ML—(Special,]—It be
gins to look like we are going to have a Texas
drouth iu this section. We hove been without
rain for aevcral weeks. The ground la so dry
and hard that the fhrmers have almost ceassd
plowing altogether in red lands. Thepsooh
crop will not bo an entire failure. Upon somo
trots are fraud plenty of fruit for a good crop,
l ire gardens aro beginning to suffer badly fur
rain. \
M'wrwkt.LO, Oa, April 15,—fBpecial.}—The
con plaint of dry weather has become general
and tbo delay of cotton planting will cause
more buying of fertilisers than would havo
been had the season been more anUorm.
Atony farmers have quit plowing on account of
land breaking np cloddy. To regain tho lost
tune they propose to rely on "guano” tr hurry
up the growth.
There has been no rain in Bchlov in three
weeks, and corn is looking very sickly. Got
ten will not come up aniil it rains, which is
much needed.
The Cholera In Booth America.
Fran tbo New York Herald.
Detailed press accounts of the cholera's rev-
Mn in fiouth America received by mail represent
the epidemic as very fatal and rapidly spreading. A
Bolivian paper aays that at Tu~uw*n the death
i ate bad reached t so hundred per day, and the
only vehicles teen In thaeueets were hearses. In
fientlsgo every port of the city has b*e i ravaged
by the pestilence. One feature of the dimes* to
the extreme rqddsnnem of It* attack aad fatal ter
mination. The account* of the beggary ac * *
apalr to which Urn poorer domes to the ch
auicUn diauicta ox* reduced are borrlfjlag.
MINE CO A.
BY JAMES A. HALL.
Written for The Conatilutton.
Minecos was a Cherokee prince.
Tho line of his ancestry could be tracod back
through many generations to the marriage of
a powerful Chcrokeo chief with tho daughter
of a Creek king.
Minccoa ardently loved the mountain home
land, and had an Intense veneration for the
gravis and traditions of his fiather*. He op
posed with great bitterness tho sale of lands
to tho whites, and for this cause was discarded
and silenced by the loading chiefil. And
though fallen aud too debased to command a
bearing In councils, ho was proud of his ances
tors and fondly cherished the memory of tho
former greatness of his decaying people.
As tho weary years rolled around, aud the
fate of tho Cberokeo was gradually outliued on
tho misty veil of the future, tho bittor pangs of
wouudrd pride gavo way to dcsiiair, and ono
day the broken-hearted Minccoa got into hit
bitch canoe and drilled away down tbo rivor.
It was era© calm summer afternoon, tho white
okrads slowly drifted and mixed through tho
ethereal blue, and tho sultry stillness wae
broken only hy tbu drowsy caw of some lonoly
crow or tho half-audiblo swash of the sweeping
Oostononla.
Slowly nnd solemnly tho canoe drifted on
ward by the dense green trees and long, hang
ing festoons of muscadino vinoi until a high,
rocky bluff, spotted hero nnd there by patches
of wild ivy and laurel, was readied; then
Minccoa took up bis paddle aud with a few
strokes sent tho frail craft to tho land.
Boon bo stood on tho auu-burnt summit of
the spruce crowned knoll. Boforo him lay a
wide stretch of the Cherokee country, so dear
to him, and on which his eyes were resting for
tho last tiiuo.
Winding fur through tho landscape flowod the
lordly Oostauanla. in whoso placid bosom wore
mirrored tho dark shadows of shore, and tho
picture of cloud* and sky* upon tho glassy
surface two auow whlto (lacks Hosted sldo by
eido, and down a wooded cape, which in tbo
dietsuco projected into tho rivor, a herd of red
deer trooped to drink of tho cryslal flow. Tho
quiet rcpoco of tho level rivor-fed valloy faded
away Into tbo pino bills, and beyond shroud
ed in a blitohszo, towered tho nmjostio Cohut-
tabs, their purplo aummita veiled in mist and
cloud.
Minccoa, his heart bursting with an unspoek-
ablo grief, gaxed on tho scono before him.
Wob till* not hi* home/ Waff this not the
land which tho Groat Bplrit had given tho
Cberokecs?
Here he had hunted and Ashed in his boy-
boed; down tbi* river bo bad drifted with
bis lovo on many a moonlight night; horo he
had listened to tho voico of hUGod in the
sigh of tho night wind, and bowed hi* heal
In meek eubmlasion before tho storm of hts
wrath; hero he had contended bravely for
** * • * of hispepploi here he hod )ived
and here he v
His tear*bedimmed eyes were upturned
aud Minecoa’s sorrowful life was at aneud.
Tho shadows of evening silently draped
tho landleapo in a rnantlo of mnnrn-
Ing; tbo waters of tho rlvo? softly
Whispered* funeral sigh, tho south wind
vy tenderly senttered swoct flowers over the
resting place of the dead.
A GYPSY’S BURIAL.
Dayton, O., April 8.—JonticJJeffrey Harri
son, .bo gypsy lady who died in Jackson, Miss.,
on tbo 7th day of last January, nnd who has
Ucn heralded over tho country by wild and
unreliable newspaper mon aa tho Gy pay quoen,
was buried boro today. BUo died, aa above
stated, tho day following tho
birth of twins, ouo of vibich died the
same night and was LarJcd lu Jackson. Tho
corpm was embalmed and oont to this city,
arriving here unattended, and has since been
lying in a vault In tho cemetery. There wae
nothing unusual In tho funeral
senders. Rev. Berger, of tho United
Brethren chute h, of th to city, preeohod
the sermon, which was abort but
touching, and at tho conclusion tho corpse was
lowered into tho grave. The husband of the
deceased asked to look upon the face of hie
wlfo before she was burled:and av the lid of
the casket was loosened the big, brawny man,
with tbo surviving twin in his arms, presented
a touching pictnro as he gazed with heaving
bosom upon the still handsome features of hie
d(ad gypsy wifo. There wsro about thirty
gypsy udtilts and their children present^ the
remainder of the tribe still being In the south.
There were a uumbor of citizoas of thle
city picaent. The floral memorials
elaborate and of beautiful
M’GLYNN SNUBBED.
Cincinnati, April 12.—Dr.MoGlynn arrived
this morning. Borne of bit friends desired to
Introduce him to the reproeentative buslnees
mm of the chamber of commerce, end to that
md asked Major John B. Byrne, of the Choao-
peake and Ohio road, to moke the introdno
tion.
Mr. Byrne declined, saying that as a Catho
lic, true to tho precepts and authority of his
church, bo bad no sympathy with Dr.
McGlyun's position, and that as a good citizen
he could not, In any senao, recognize the false
theories which tho doctor was attempting to
propagate; aa a member of the chamber of
commerce the aame vlows compelled him to
decline. Others who were appealed to took
the same position, and thus Dr. McGlynn was
note visitor on “change.” . ., ,
Tonight I>r. McGlynn delivered his lector^
‘The cross of the new crurado,” at the musio
ball. The lector© was under the management
of the Henry Gccrge club. On the platform
were members of that club, os well as promi
nent member* of the labor party. There were
no Catholic clergymen on|tbc stage end none
ap;*rent in the audience. Dr. McGlynn in*
trod need a peerage referring, in caustic terms,
to tho ceniure coat upon Mm by tho bishop of
Ohio, meaning Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati,
to whom he attributed tho first complaints
against Mm st Rome.
Self-Abnegation.
From Tidbit*
Papa—Well, girls. Lent Is nearly over, ana
now what have yon done tor the good of the church
during the season of penenoa?
Few (with a redden attack of braveryJ-Mollf
ha»n't done much of anything: but I—bm—er—
I’ve p-promlaed m-manry the new rector.
nod Been 'Em Skip.
From the American Magazine.
On. tin, in tk. raiding cIm, Uuf cum
scran tho ««td ''snsnu.’’ Th.
ho* wo, ko*w whrU. muni
clnr.wuaMU.nla.for. nom.nt, MdUM.00.
lmi.ftrtiratap Unhurt, doonhoow.
th.mil.girl, “nltaow whrU UU, baUhSM
Ken'em uheae la mother's chmc.”