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Newspaper Page TextXIX. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. AUGUST 23,1887. PRICE FIVE CENTS. by triirnu rsitBY unow.v. JALATA, HOHROX COUHTT, TSXXESSXK. Written for the Cmutltutlon. LOVE. The afternoon of a Ml try Jnly day wag draw ing to a close. The summits of the Chllbowee mountains loy swathed in a rich amber glow, that shimmered softly beyond the intervening 'nm-hcated air. A rasping cry of locusts rose from tho pendulous depths of the oaks and tilekories. Tho dogwoods and splraes drooped their white petals and folded their bell-llke mouths above the dry grass rustling beneath them. Only the tapering ferns looked fresh, bright and upright. Burled In the bosom of those towering mourn tains lay the llttlo log schoolbodso of the Turtlotown settlement. School was over for too day, and tho children of tho mountains, In Struggling groups, were disappearing along di verging trails through the forest. The school mistress closed the door behind her, and gazed upon the brown peaks of the Unakas, looming in august proportions out of the northeast, in quiet enjoyment of their verdure clod se renity. Tho wild, rustic life around hor, the savag ery and power, hore oxalting Into sublimity the Varied charms of nature, the sen 's of uncon ventional freedom formed the social restraints that had bound her from life In cities—all Jlieso fascinated her. Her Imagination mi stimulated, and a vim of sentimental egotism, fhat soemod to be qulto poetic—showed itself in mild rhapsodies over the Eve-llko simplicity of her present surroundings. Ono of her scholars had lingered behind the rest. Ho was a year or two younger than Miss Canzy,' as this twenty-year-old teacher was called by her pupils. The barbarlo prefix of Qanzada to the ancestral namo of Smith, ovinced a parental desiro to conneot the pic- tnresijuo with tho coramonplaco. , “It’s very good of you Poly, to carry my fcooks," sho said, resigning them Indifferently jnto the youth's large, freckled hands, while 'her brown eyes still lingered upon tho purple mountain slopes. ! pole Brlson, in a mountaineering sense, felt himself to be a man all over. He could out run, out shoot, pulldown and “ride, airy other boy in the Turtlotown settlement.” Yet in Splto of theso physical accomplishments, this slender, stately child of a teacher from Knox- vlilo, treated him much like an overgrown qhild, and tolerated his awkward advances With caroloss Indulgence. I Her well poised head with tlio mystorious agglomeration of .blonde bangs, braids and guffiuou, the ghtrioroMarge brown oyspshoS' through a wonderful droop oksllkon eye] the magic smoothness of droVs, the Cinderella like Imprint of French heeled boots, woro all Sources from which a porpotual stream of Itoall wonders trickled down upon his primitive Conception. She was an adopt in that perfec tion of email accomplishments,wherein lies the ibarm of so many otherwise Inspired minds. Sho dbuld reel oil an Indefinite amount of light em broidery, sprawling sketches, jingles of rapid thymes, and also chirp, whistlo and sing with the expressionless variety of a mocking bird. Then, in lute-like tones, the would lay you down strings of hypatian platitudes, while plunging tho fire of heavenly eyos into the pore turbed depths of whatever masculine con sciousness happened to bo hondiost. ’ incipient young men and women, poring bver a^dog-oared Webster's spelling book, are not aji rvnmnaly in the mountains. Foly's dll* igenee in study was in equal ratio with the dollght of being taught by such a teacher. The ferreting out of ambiguous sums and sylla bles become Intoxltcating, when a subtle sehse of bright eyes and red lips aiding their elucida tion just over his own head, mingled with the touch of a small hand upon his shoulder, and • delicate odor of femininity, not unallied to r T ^» n X"hi°w&g trail, with the clinking of cowbells drifting down from preclpltousheights above, while she prattled carelessly of woods and weather, of scholars and studies, In an aimless, easy fashion. His replies ware short, disjointed and timid. His was not a self confident adoration. Its very strength magnified to himself tho stnmbllng block of his own inferiority. "Hev you beam about the mad dogs es her cono plum thoo tho Cain Creek settlement?" he asked, as a distant baying of hounds on Kataska mountain floated plainly down the ““No'; the horrid things! How should I?” “I didn't know but ye mont her heam Bill rihaddick's folks a-uoratln’ of hit around. Hit air Jurt tho right season for' em.” The sarvis berries were ripe. Poly made spasmodic lunges into the bushes now and then, emerging therefrom with stained hands dull of tho plump, bursting fruit. While he was buried In a copse of laurel on ono of these trips, she taw a large, gaunt hound trotting along the trail towards her, with drooped and wagging head. At once Poly’s allusion to the mad dogsgxcurrcd to her. and the presence of her awkward admirer Instantly became precious. The dog signified no tenselof her, presence as he drew near, yet his yellow eyes’ glared vacuously, while a few drops of foam Specked his back drawn lips, brushed her skirts in passing, and to her heated Imagination its fevered breath seemed to scorch the iar. Then the bushes behind her were parted suddenly. The sharp ensuing crack of a pistol soothed rather than startled her, so extreme was the paralysis of fear aroused by the approach of this four-footed horror. She sat down by the sldo of the K th exhausted and panting. Poly dragged e dead hound into tho bushes, and return ing. threw liimaelt down by her side. “Kl he'd a bid yon Mias Canzy,” he said, “I’d jist of pintedly gone plum mad myself. But don’t ye git akcered no more, for wo’una her got shot of him." Cawsada’a eyes.expressed her gratitude so warmly, that Poly grew excited. The help less nearness of hla Idol unloosed hla tongue and filled him with irresistible desires, .“Fever speak that to me again “Why, I loved ye toe very hut time I ever Sow dare you talk so to me—me, your teaeberl” . , The disgust that swept over her featuresi was apparent, even to hint- But hie paaelon, hav ing onco found exprcMlom overbore hla usual lence, and he ) wildly, with fug ci Jlnfq* , w , — nncnlfared vehemence that pathetic* «Ten 'In it* abaurditiea. She arose, a threatening goddean, the vqlue of his recent service k»t Beneath the intrusive alterflow of his Teel- r/^Enongb of this, air,” she said. “You have taken strange liberties—for a scholar. Yet— It was very wave of you to—to— Am she hesitated over a diplomatic choice of words. Poly again renewed his pleading. “Ill go off’n work’nd make money, Miss Canty,I'll study hard.’nd wait ontwell your heart softens a bit. Tharo nobody love ye like I do, ’nd I'm (hat bad postered over ye that I calnt git tor sleep of nights, 'nd ef ye don’t promerse to leastwise thin* about havin’ of me, I'll—I'll just pintcalv put the ballance of these yer pistol balls inter my head 'nd yourn, durnsd if I don’t!” Poly’s eyes snanped. He seemed totally un like his former self, as he seized her hand ill A painful grip, while her senso of open disap proval sank before the snake-like fascination of his gaze. What a situation! First a mad dog and now a probable lunatic assailing her. Palliative methods wsre certainly in order. A little present encouragement, which time might fritter away into nothlngnesMeomed just then preferable in the face of such impassioned ar guments, backed by wild ayes and a nervous pistol grin. Sho suffered her lips tosmillngly re lax, and her gaze to be suffused with somd- thing like tenderness, as sho asked: “Could you,—would you do such a desperate deed, merely for my sake?” “I’d jist pintedly raise n rtikns that the hull aettlement’d liyur pn,” he said, stubbornly. “One is so seldom truly lovod—I hesitate. would not decoivo mo ?” ] you’d only say, ’Poly j.llst my slave, unbo- , I'd wait and work for ye ontwell ye said the word.” By the time they,bad arrived at Pap Prison’s roomy log cabin under the shadow of Katasca mountain, where Poly lived and Miss Smith boarded, both wore, apparently, on excellent terms with each other. JEALOUSY. A month passed on. Their outward relations towards eacn other seemed only that of teacher and pnpil. The neighbors occasionally “lowed that Canxady and Pole Brison wur a taken’on a lectio;” bat in tho mountains, as elsewhere, gossip needs bnt slight encouragoment. Canzada was wary and discreet. A glance, a smile, a poise of tho hoad, with her often im plied muttered volumes. Poly, now always submissive, found his happiness in covering these inflnetlsimal cobwebs with infmito alf- oastUng. dke an obedient dog, ho away, on Cain creok Certain missives boaring the Knoxville post mark, and superscribed in a bold, masculine hand, that arrived with weekly regularity, might havo aroused the suspicions of a lovor less Innocent of the modern Cupid’s wilos. But pocaliazit' self nourished passion become, that the mere vision of the future desolation with which Its futility threatened him, was terrible.. DESPAIR. November, with iu yellow leaves, sharp S and mellow hazy days was at hand. The term drew near its dose. Canzada soon return to Knoxville, and Polo Bri- nountstn homo would hence forward, for mode up his mind to _ work tliereand wait end hope. Yet suspense had sharpened lilt features, and his eyes wore pathetically keen in searching for his heart’s encouragement ;hts and shadows of her boha- son’s mountain lit foHowliS! 11 Ho c scholars went chestnuting on tho Mountain,” a rugged peak of the Unaaas, towered grimly over tuo Turtlotown Valle; Poly and Canzada gradually wanderod i tho rest, aud finally seated themselves upon some rooks that commanded a birdscye vlow of the groat Tennessee Valley, with its far off mountain barrier scarcely loss blue than beavons above them. On the other side a scoreor moro of interblending mountain ranges peered abovo each other, until the faint azure wall ol tho Blue Bidgo rose like a phantom against the morning sky. Canzada with her chin rosting on her banf region somewhere —wistfully, it seemed to Poly. £V‘You ain’t a lookin’ fur him asked resentfully. The unexj confused her. A slight oolor in her face. o?” he Inquiry etu*j! v to bo Poly’s km knowledge of the peculiarities of hand- —* of infantine crudity. open one of theeo letter* In his one day, when a photograph fell td ,o floor, face upward. It disclosed toe face of an alert looking youngman .adorned by a largo large mustachoond an ftlr of salt Poly picked It np, scrutinized it, and hand to her with the remark: “On* of your kin folks, I reckon ?” Bho grasped It a little Impatiently, saying, “Of courso; and an old friend as well.’’ Then she put It away and changed thocon- venation. - . The summer wore,.on Into autumn. ;1r!ld fox grapreW bottoms; on the a. , ... , lmrrs'wero turning yellow, while the doer eluded caves weru iuvudud by tlio “II limiter," in quest of tho precious ginsing theso regions. ■ ' l’oly continued pationtnnd submissive; yo that one overwhelming Irruption of passion had; so convtncod Canzada of other dlrofnl possibilities, that encouragement and restraint were so he- wildorlngly mingled In her attitnde towards him, that ho felt, sa ho oxpressed it: "Jilt like a feller about to git Inter a lcotlo heaven of his own, wbur he daren't so much as choop for fear of spilin’ bit all.” As the rare ’’sang" ripened, ho would absent M—.. ■- ■ *—■ return- nnger. a scconu g original of too nhotr •'H’y’re ye," he it “I thort ye was som ig" ... . himself occasionally for several days, lug with a wall filled sack of roots, and the unkempt air of one who has "laid out” In tho woods. Coming back one aftomoon, he fonnd Miss Canzy sitting in tho porch beside a young man who wore a seersucker coat, an eye glass, and a smart, nonchalent air quite foreign to the mountains. They were qulto doe* together as he stub _5nly appeared. Thero was a fresh color on hor che ok and the glitter of a new ring on her finger. A second glance told him that the * ' ' "■ ' naph was beforo him. id, shaking hands calmly. some of her kinnery.” “Oh, yes,” replied thehtranger, laughing, who was introduced as a Air. Tom Lowther, “wo’ro pretty well connected, I believe.” Canzada seemed confused, bat Lowther was iterosted in hunting, and soon had l’oly ab sorbed in various wonderful recitals of tho kind peculiar to tho genus hunter tho world over. But, after dark, when snppcr was over, as he passed them standing beside a holly bush in tho yard, a soft oscillatory sound sont painful thrill to his heart. 1r Wa1, es long cs theynns are cousins, I reckon hit’s all right,” he rofiocted. Thus he coldly comforted himself for several days, when he saw them much together. Lowther was jovial and sociable, having a fund of rongh and ready wit, that soon made him a favorite with trio mountaineers. He tennUture of romping and candy, when ho accompanied Canzada to or from school. Poly found himself superseded, and grad ually became anxious, and, at times, irritable. At unexpected moments a wild, fierce gleam would illumine bis eyes, and as quickly disap pear. He seemed hardly conscious of theso manifestations, as though lurking passions, as it half comprehended, struggled dumbly itbin him for the mastery of his being. One Saturday, Lowther and Miss Smith set _jt on horseback for the little store kept by 8quire Carver at Cane Creek. The day wore what had become of them, while the old man “lowed thet town folks erly lost what little sense they hod, when iy git into the mountains.” Ei the haa’nt* at the grave yard down by the Borin gap hev’n’t run’d off with ’em,” eaid Mrs. them tbar jist knows hit. 1 But, despite these forebodings, the conple * — tired but In hfth having themselves ebaa’nt* at the grave yard down by i gap hev’n’t run’d off with ’em,” . Brison. “they’re pintedly loet in t laurel brakes by this time; and I rode up about bed time, tired but in spirits. They confessed vaguely to h lost their way, but had enjoyod them] and nothing had gone wrong. Aa Lowther going to leave on the following Monday, '* T*P*P« ' lur 1UIV. VMUitUB, UUIWUIK a no idkiuii anxious face of the last, sighed, as she con trasted its import with that of her own happi ness. » Sunday night when Poly returned from a ‘ineetin r “ at the Turtfetown school house, be met them at tho front gate. They turned suddenly as he drew near, and he saw that teacher’s face was Hushed, while some- ig like a tear glistened in the moonlight on ! ler cheek. Lowther seemed preoccupied and silent. Again Poly felt shaip suspicious tinges w\thin him, and he passed n steeple** night conjuring up fearful possibilities for the future. The next morning Tom Lowther went his way. He shook hands heartily all around, kivsed Miss Canzy in a cousinly manner and rode off whistling. The teacher moved about, her duties for a day or so in is self-absorbed, perfunctory way, while Poly watched her with a growing pain athis*keait. So deep and vehement had his since he corn’d hyur, ’nd I’ve laid off ter ast K about hit a dozen times, but somehow I’ve p’ a puttin’ of hit off. But now I’m Jo** filntodly a coin’ ter know the troof. Yu f mine Miss Canzy, yon know you’re mine, caint live wlthout’n ye. I’ll go ter tho ten ’nd wuk 'nd study ’nd wait. Yon’ll wait 1 mo won’t yo?” “I—I cannot,” she replied faintly. “Why calnt ye? Atter all the eggin’ on you’ve gin mo, why caint yo?” With one hand ho grasped her arm, while Is eyes blazed as sho had seen them ”— ice before. 8he felt faint, yet resolute, a few days she would be away from theso boorish people, so it would be best now plain But he grasped It “Why caint ye wait and hev me? Is of him thet ye won’t be endurin’ of me ter talk ter ye?” “Yes, it is,” sho repllod,angered by tho pain of his grasp. He gasped for brcatli, thon, with pitiable eagerness cried; “But he’s done gono—he’ll forgit ye.” “How dare you talk so? Forget me? he will not. I am his his-—. ’ Despite her anger she hesitated. “Air ye a lyin’?” lie almost screamed, whilo the imploring intensity of his gaze gradually hardened into a wild, fierce glitter. “If he wore here, lie would not lot you talk so to mo. Release my arm. I am Ills wife.” For ono instant his grasp tightened until she cried out with pain, thon flinging hor arm from him, he smote his breast muttering hus kily:- “Ifis wife! ■ She’s dpm No, i ) Carve ‘Ycwrwi WWW warn led hy-Squire Other day at Cano creok.” • With a last look that long haunted her, he ftimnH ahrnntlv nild plunged flu" JutothS'fbnst* . lays after Canzada took hor departure, had not retumod, •*- * “ *-' t havo suddenly Absences ol quont with him. Kindly neighbor, ran In and out with good wbhei and farewell.. Pep Brf- •an droro her to Atticni In • tnmhlo down wagon, otlierwlM freighted with butter. egg». chicken, and tallow. Ho stimulated end gnided hb one eyed Bucephalus by mean, of • “hickory wltho, line, and whip. Wa.lt Imaginary? Orwu tho haggard foco that peered upon her with wild eyos from a thicket of laurel, amid the gloomy defile, of Katasca Gap, a forbidding reality? How like and yet how unlike Poly’s well remembered features. The terror of that vision did not re- movo itself from her until the train glided from the Atoona station. RETRlitJTION. Ten yoara later, Mr. Thomas Lowther, with hb two children and a colored mold, ore at the Montvalo IIoueo, a charming summer resort on the Chllhoweo mountains, roses and hone; •ackles are rendering the June breezes doub! enchanting, and the azaleas are burying tb long piazza rollings under s riot of briulsi colors. Tho guests dawdle .boot In tho usual way. Mrs. Lowther b preparing for a two mtlo walk to tho Ocowee Falb with a friend. The chil dren and maid have orders to remain, os Hr. Lowtberboxpected to arrive from Knoxville later on, and ho will want to pat hb young hopefuls on tho head. At least Mrs. Lowther— a brilliant society woman—thinks So; end agreeable suppositions In her mind ustully pess " ir facts in her own subservient fi Three hours later, having duly tired of the falb, hcrsolf and friend languidly •Igh for now worlds to eonqnor. Mrs. Low- ther’s friend it 1 man. He b young, good- looking und a trifle silly. Canzada’s youthful fragility of form has deported, yet there b n rounded grace ' tho more massive curves of her prose; matronly figure, pecnllsriy appropriate to transient state of grass widowhood. The lilondo bangs are now reinforced byen artisti cally concealed switch; tb* brown eyei melt as of yore in a seductive languor, which years of subtle manipulation have rendered more irresbtible and heart lea than ever. They start on theb return by enother path which leads them np ■ wild, ragged ravine to an elevafod plateau, that commands s good view of too lowlands, stretching for a score of leagues towards Walden’s Bldge and the over shadowing frowns of ths Cumherlsnds. If Mrs. Lovther’s plump fingers lingered withing young Gardner’s band rather oftner •nd longer then wss sbsoluf *’ making the ascent, Thomas J tainly not there to »oo. Ho wav that time patting Infantile heads with fingers. Bat fato came grimly to h spraining young Gardner sankle overs' 1 ly iIero was a predlclmant. Gardner sot down -otesting that it |wts “nothing you know,” ' increased and he was evidently 'otters grew serious. The sun wss and they were three miles from .In h paternal hb aid iu rs“beast- holplcs*. M Ajt’ husband and children. Then she I tasted by a desire to get sway from tuts sniy youth who, younger than heeaelf, fell in her estimation as the inconvenience of hb acldeut Wmm forced noon her. “I will go lor assistance,” the said, "I think I eon find the way. Yon won’t mind .’’ She paused abruptly, and her eyes—now di- back of the open space wherein they stood, was a creature moro‘animal like than human, intently regarding them. Long tangled masses of hair fell below Its shoulders, mingling with s matted heard that hungdown tola waist. A few shreds and patches of what had once been hatized ntheqthon con. ' it grasped ■ i clothing, em* . its naktdDu*. rude staff taller thso ' cep sunkrn ther's person. When a few feet sway it stop ped, trembling violently, then dropping iu staff, clasped its hands over Its eyca and mut tered unintelligibly. Then gazing at hersgatn, it drew slowly noarer, crouching lower and lowef, and finally fell at hor feet, whilo she, dumb with terror, stood motionless and star- ^It’a her, it’s hor,-after all," it wlibnered, iu harsh, milium an accents, as If to itsolf. Meanwhile Gardner recovered himself and spoke: “Look here now, this won’t do. Get away from here and lot tho Indy alone.” It heedod him not, but reached forth and grasped her hand, not roughly, yet she shriek ed at the touch. Gardner being an American, of course carried n pistol. Ho drew it and punched the Intruder with his uninjured foot. “Now, *oo here.” he said, “You leave here or I’ll I’ll. - The strange being suddenly turned, and jerking from around Its tralst a long hickory withe, seized the young man. tore tlio weapon from his hands and bound him, despite ills struggles, then cruelly gagged him with an oaken sprout. Gardner was^ out as a child in Its lean powerful arms. Then It turned, and again regarding Cauza- da, thrust its haggard face and dry, fiery eyes close to hers, and hissed forth, •‘Don't you know me?” She was incapable of speech, yet those wild and wasted features wore brandlnc themselves upon her memory os horribly familiar. Tho insane light now dehumanizing tho eyes that had once beamed lovingly upon her, was not so repulsive but that even ui her ecstacy of fear, she coaid recall their forever vanishod tenderness. “Dont ye 'member me I” “Is it—it— She did not pronounce his longnnremembcr- <% DOWN IN W CELLAR. BT WALLACK BBID. For The Constitution. I. The siege wss over at Jest, and the most strongly fortifiod elty In the confederacy was in tlio hands of the federeb. Among the few citizens remaining In ths captured stronghold was Henry Gates. When hb friends fled bom the place Gates refused to go. Hb wife baa been killed by a •hell during the siege, and he no longer folt interested in anything. “If thoy will let mo alone,” he said, “It U all I ask. I am going to tout myself np here at home, and nobody will he bothered by mo.” But it was not an easy mattor for Gates to live undisturbed In hb big house. The fed eral aoldien oonld not resist the temptation to holp thomselvos to everything that struck thoir fancy. Gatss’s gloomy residence, stand ing at some dbtanco from the other housos, attracted theb attention. Tho servants had left the city with the confederates, and as Gates novor showed himself, the looters were under the impression that the placo was de serted. One day several stout fellows rushed In and stripped tlio garden. Thoypnllcd np the corn, toinatoee, cabbages, turnips and beans, and left the ground perfectly hare. Then they in vaded the book lot and carried oil scow and calf. d with hor appealing crioa lor help. But s In tho grasp of hands strengthened by ■s. She felt tlio scorching of a fiery .wrought nervos like an eloctrio shock. screamed frantically and turned In a feoble at tempt to fly, while Gardner straggled helpless ly In hb bonds. Bnt tho manlaolaughed hid eously and adzed her In hb arms. Agonizing thoughb qf hor neglected husband .jldchlldre -—*■— mingled w! sho wu li madness. breath and heard tho unintelligible hissing t accompanied them. The ghost of hor vanbl lover rising from the oblivion to which (he had a banished him, now confronted hor, Nobu- nezor-like,a reuicmboring yet, unreasoning Wu this retribution? Wultdoath? Wu It even moro than doath that awaltod hor? Tho omotlonal strain wu to great. She fainted. Cluplng her sensrieu form to hb boeam, with wild ravings and idlotio laughter, the nmdman.plungcd Into the now gloomy reocu of the forest, as tho sun, reddening tho wut with its dying lustre, sank behind the dbtant Cnmhorlands. DEATH. tfnder a beolllng precipice four mllos from o Montvalo House, In a deep cavo known aa ulf Cavorti, Cnuzuda’s body w-aa found with ' ’ marks upon hor throat attesting ass. diet; rragfo nature uflicr death. Crouc for years tn ’ Man of Chllhmvco. On tlio arrival of tho searclicrr lib foot with gibboring mcnacos I tlio approach, being animated hy a fierce de sire to defend tho body from the touch of othora. Ho wu secured with groat difficulty. Remembered hy many who had known him In lib une and youthful years, u “Polo Brison," of the Turtlotown settlement he hid hitherto been regarded u harmless, though avoiding all society, and especially ab- horing too sight of woman. i I Gardner had also boon found, moro dead than sUtc, through fear and too torture of Ms [tends. J On tho following day Mrs. Lowthcr’s podyj followed hy her grief sti children, passed too Athens jail on thoirsu. homeward journey towards the railroad at*- tion. Thomas Lowther, glancing up In curiosity, uw a haggard facojircsscd against tho gratod prison window. Flhrco wild eyes glared unro- .ipon thq sod procession, and a Iblo laughter followed them down lie shuddered and buried hb In hb hands until toe depot wu reached, uly, “Though tho mllb of the Gods grind Iy, yet thoy grind excocdlng small.” MAItUIAGE BT PROXY. An Apparently Popular Spanish Custom— The Priest and ths Church. From the fit. Louis Olobe-Domocnt A Galveston correspondent says: Sometime ago Justics Spun, of thta city, wu called upon to perform a nmrrtsgo ceremony by proxy, the lady In this Instance being married by proxy to her be trothed In the City of Mexico. This morning Justice Spann was busily sngaged In filing np the papers for another prosy marriage, this time for a young B.antard, residing in Oalvce- picturesque town of Spain, some years ago, he left hb heart Iu of Rou Mascot Erandb, of the earn* town, blng that he would either rctom In person to claim beru bride or marry her by proxy ud have her transported aeroee the Atlantic. Bailee made out the ncceewry papers upon the . _ Spaniard’s application, and the paper* will he for ward.*! to Caruna, Spain, where the marriage wfil this manner Rosa Mareot Erandta will fcm bark from Caruna for aalveaton, where abe ahall Join her husband, although baring hen married to Mm by proxy, with thousands of miles of water flowing be tween them. In specking with the Globe-Democrat comapend- ent shoot the matter, Senor Denture, the prospective groom, said that of ooune the priest ud ths Church of Spain did not regard auch a proceeding in a very wholesome light, but had never lntarpoetd any to the ceremony, u It wu an old eyes, resembled the enrious stare ol a WHO beast, untrammeled by fear or-aOsclion. While they gazed, It elowly approached them, never removing its eyvq Com SJra. Lew- ceremony oxilil not be conveniently performed the usual Way. lb said tbs t ths custom had been found very convenient at Unset when the contract ing parties happened to bs so situated that inch e course became nscereary. In Me eaw, he said, It wu much more convenient to many hla betrothed by proxy than go to Caruna panooally for tb# oere- When naked why he could not instruct hb he- frothed to aalt for Oalrnton ud many her upon her arrirel at this port, ttini obviating the necaerity of a marriage by proxy, he shrugged hb abouldm, rey- ing with a smile that nehwu tbs custom of Ms country, end inch an arrangement wu tsz mot* setbtariory than tb* on* -iggeated by the corre spondent Ust-afiy. he said, some personage of pwd social standing, ud who wu e Mend of the Wit end groom,wu selected to set utbeproxy,ud that the party accepting each a duty considered It quite an ten*. When handed lha necereary papers hy Justice Kpann, he went away smiling In a very happy manner. [ gangs Prohibition!.!#. From the Boston Globe. *KS SS&SSSs The owner of the property watched these proceedings from a window, and silently nursed hb wrath. But thb wu only the beginning. In an outhouse two bales of iotton and tomo tobacco had been atored. Gate* had made tho investment thinking that if tha city was captured he would be able to tuns the cotton and tobacco Into greenbacks. Naturally, hb indignation wu nnteundod when he woke up one morning and found a crowd of soldiers loading hb hidden treunre Into an army W lf™an out of tho house and remonstrated wildly with tho robbors, but thoy merely laughed at him. Finally two ofthomcntlod him to a tree and gigged him. Then they Jumped into the wagon and droro ol?. In a little whilo OatMtora himself loess. He went into tlio hoiuo and locked tho doors. As tho day wore on he worked himself Into * fury. “Life is not worth llring,” he iald, “if I must submit to these out runes. If I can’t have mr right* I’ll have blood i” He ipent some time looking through the house, and at last ho fonnd an old bowlo knife. With a •mile of satiifaotion he seized the mur derous woapon. and the next hoar or two was spent in whetting it, and he did not lay It aside until it wa* as sharp as a razor. “Now let them como!’ r he muttored. At a lato hoar that night Gates was awaken ed by a noiso in one of tlio lowor rooms. Leap ing from his bod, lio took his knifo and glldod down stairs. Tho moonlight ouablod him to dimly soo ovory abject in his way. f tho stair* o hoard tlio nomia room. Turning the < against a lmrly ruffian i “For God’s sako—” I he *aw tho upraised ‘ HU ’ ng foot Ih a baAfc knob quietly ho ran ‘ luo. tho soldior, when tU appeal wa* usolew. < deadly steel descended■ fell with tho doath rattle hi Gate* reeled hack saw what ho had don been a man of peaoe. It was an awfnl sigh to aoe that white, doad foco with thsstorlni The (layer had no time to loss, no closed tho window through whloh tho Intruder had entered, and thenlbcgan to think about tho concealment of tho b«ly. It tfouid not do to Onco, twice, tiirico 1, and tlio victim in hb throat I hall atunhcil when ho done. All hla life he had man of peaoe. It woo an awful sight 1 satisfactory arrangements. Gatos turned over the house to hb tenant, and wltli the first quarter’s rent in hb pocket, set hb face north* HI. Tha war had .been ovop ton years whon th* wanderer retnmod. In lib nbsonco ho had prospered, and hb faco woro the placid com posure of a man who had no past to regret, and no secrets to lildo from his fellon- men. I Oates domanded tha house, and lib faithful i tenant gave it up. Tho ownor furnbhed II comfortably and mored in, and appeared to bo. •0 well pleMod with hb surroundings, that big old neighbors were delighted. j “I have seen every nook and corner In tho liouso except the cellar,” remsrkod a friend, who wu going ovor tho house with tho pro prietor. “The cellar!” exclaimed Gates. “Oh, yet, 1 of course I’ll show you that.” He led the way, and hb companion praised every tiling hi high terms. J “The wall at thb end,” ho said, "b wolf built, hut it U more massive than any other part of tlie work. It was built to lost forever.’' “Just so,” replied Gatos, with a dry laugh. “No, I don’t mean that exactly. The supply of material waa limited, and tho mason used what he had. I am satisfied with It.” But after the departure.of hb guost Gatos’ scowled and shook hb fist. ”IJ—nhlm for • meddling fool I” ho said. "Whatdoes he kuowaboutlt? Suspicious, perhaps, and wants tonryoreund hore. Hum! I must bo on mr guard.” Tiia wretched man paced the floor. “It b tlio mystery of It and not tho deed," he continued, “that weighs upon my mind. I found a rolihcr In my house and I slow him,. There was no orimo in that. But I had to burw two mon instead of ono. Who was tho second man? Who kilted him? How como his bod* tlioro? No living person hut myself could havo entered the collar. Pshaw I. I am going over thosamo questions that havo worried me for the last tobyears, Tlioro b no oxplonit- tlou. absolutely none, and I am a fool to go on thb way.” Tho visit to tlio cellar aeemod to unnerva Gates, and hb health ami spirits begun to de- uuios rraoi pulled out a fragments of I "Is Unit tlio < fsdsrab would kill Im without a trial. In an instant hb plan was matured. Ho lifted tho dead roan by the shoulders nnd drag ged him down into the cellar. Tlio place wus saw shoulders olid d ar. Tim jilzon .'avorabie for ths concealment of tlio body. Tlio work of walling the •Ides of the collar had been suspendod daring tbs alcgo and tlio floor was littered with fragments of graulto and other material left hy tho masons. Tho body was carefully doposttod insoor- ' ok a match, bnt at onco ox* .IK In .tho dark, 1 Gates Od it. uo wcov iy wur* 111 mo uura. and in less than ten minutes hs bad covered tho lifolcss heap in the corner with a pile of rubbish. Tlioro wu no more sleep tost night for Gates. Ho wanderod from room to room, thinking and planning, When morning came he looked Into s mirror and gave stay of hor- ror. Hb faoo was pinched am! haggard, and his hair so black and glossy the day beforo wu The long da^ of anxiety and terror came to an end, but Gates : it impossible to do anything. Bo many soldiers were moving about that lie wu afraid to go to work in tho cellar. He went down several times and mads a lot of inortar, and got everything In readi ness for hb night’s work He lied decided to finish the cellar wsll at tho end that had teen left nncomplqfcd. and liehindtbe wail ho would hide tlio body. he covered tho slnglo grating that ventilated it, and pbcad bb lamp in a convenient port- tion. The next thing to do wu to remove ths body. Gates polled sway the rubbish and peered into the dark comer. A puzzled look came over his face, and, panting for breath, with bb heart leaping into hb mouth, bo seized the lamp and looked again. Before him lay tho man 1m had killed, and ■ >b side wu stretched another dead man, a ' the other, and hb breast showed _ Jtesfalt bb finite give way under him, and his brain wu In a whirl. When he came to hb sensee he had to re light bb lamp. He looked at bb watch and found that hb fainting fit bad huted half an ** Half crazed u he wu, there wu more no- ceeslty than.ev ‘ - soldier gor of interruption in auch weather, m nobody would caro to pay a visit except in a cose ol life and death. “I must boo them!” cried Gatos, “and I will.” g®: . Ho went to tho nuthouse where tlio toola woro stored, and then proceeded to the collar. It was os hard to tear down the wall a* It had beon to build it, but aftor awhilotho work er succeeded in romovlng a great mass of granlto and mortar. Gates readied ovor back of tho wall and skeleton flavored with tattorod its of blue. Ho laid it on tho floor. tho man I killed or tho otlior ?” hfl whispered. Another pull, and thoseoondskoleton rosted by the sldo of tlio flrst. “I thought,” gaspod Gatos, “that I felt something ©Iso over thero.” IIo Btretchcd out both hands behind tho wall and caught smoothing. Uo dragged it out, and throw it on tho floor. Thon ho hold up tho lamp and stared wildly beforo him. Thera wore three flkolotons on thflfiootl n . •galr. “One, two, throo!'- no foil on his kuocs and folt of each skolfl- ton. “Ono, two, throo!” ho shriokod, It was moro than tlio milTrring man could stand. 1 To toppled over, limp and motionless in a (load fuint. Kaijy in tho morning tho fow pooplo In tha street* were astonished to sco Gates running aimlessly in overy direction. Ills dross woe disordered and hi* oyes glared like those of A manlao. “Ono, two, throo I "ho shouted, . Several attempts woro inado to stop hlnif but lio broko away, nnd continued to run* Homo ono saw him draw a long knife, and thfl crowd scattered fearing that ho wa* about Id attack tliom. “One, two, throo!” screamed tho madman, plunging the knUo into ids breaat throo time*. Uo fell on the sidewalk, rollod over once, aud wqa dead when tho spectators reached tkfl spot. . •Unite a sonsatlon was caused by tho discovery of three skeleton* in tho collar undor tho Gate* hoaso, but tho mystery was novor ex- E lalnod. It was gonorally surmised that som* orrtblo tragedy must havo occurred thorn during the war, but its nature and tho partiee to It could not be ascertained. It was though! that Gates bad unexpectedly como upon tho skolotons, and tho fright occasioned by tho ghastly spcctaclo had turnod him into a raving, UlBRAKLl’S FLAOAWISai. drink! a giant, j ever tor his work. He took _ t hi* brandy fhuk and started in like were jammed in. Then block aftor black of granite wes laid, and toe mortar wm lavishly applied. Tho fno tie man socmoil to be gifted with superhuman energy. By daylight tbs work was finished. The debris waa gathered upend carried out with toe toob, the floor was swept, and several empty barreb and boxea ware brought down and placed againrt the waib. Gate* felt like a new nun. Hedresscd him self with ear*, and began to more about in tha city. Initesdof sbnnning companionship he sought it. Alt Ih* time lie wa* on tb* alert. Wish#suspected? Thb wu the on* that sgltttad hb brain night and day. The disappearance of tho two men no excitement, except perhaps in their own companies. Gales roamed toe streets, and made acquaintances among the federal officers, bat days and weeks rolled by, and nothing oc curred to alarm Mm. One day a happy thought struck him. A neighbor desired to rent bb bouss. Why not let him have it, and go north or west, or any where for a few yean until thb horror was fore gotten? Fortunately it was easy to makt safe and Dow tbs “Morning Chronlclo” Discovers# the Offense. From the Spectator. It tho Morning Chronicle had its humiUa* tions, It bad Its triumphs as well. In tSM its col umns contained e couple of communications which excited an extraordinary sensation. In tho yeag 18M toe (Test duke of Wellington died, end Mr. Disraeli, being leader of the connrvstivt party, which was then in power, had to innounco bin death to ths boose of commtns, and to follow tho announcement with ths usual oration. A very elo quent oration it wu, end It WSI fully reported rad duly admired; but, unfortunately, it found on* reader with a very tenacious memory, who was aura that not only tbe substance, bnt the very ' urology, wu familiar to Mm, and who, alter a ! search, discovered that to. treat speech had been delivered by K. Thiers over toe grave or a cer tain Marshal Worrier, whore death ho-l precoded that of the Duke of Wellington by eighteen ycera. Thb discovery wu communicated to the editor of tbe Chronicle, who, glad of nob an opportunity of danounctag tbs sin of literary Uwft and damaging the tory party *■ the ram. time, printed In doable columns the French speech and toe Dogfish il- ech, which wu nothing more nor leu than a translation of It. Ortat wu toe delight of the liberals; great tbe consternation of tb* conservative^ and both de light and cotuttmallon were Intensified when, three days later, tb. ed Isr, doubtlu. ro-lnsptred by hb corrj.poo.lent with the tenacious memory, treated In similar fashion Mr. Disraeli’. descriHtoa of the character of Lord Cadurcti tn hb novel, "Va in to* aecoii-t cue even a change of bnguage; with tho ncccwary altera- war. word for word iden- notunnatnraliy, that Mr. had received a fatal committed bb defense to e defense it was. Mr. Disraeli, ad, kepta commonplace book friend, and a curled to* world wu infer: in which he had Thein and Macaulay and, coming across Item again ntatlmewhen he hed entirely forgotten the act of transcription, be need them Imagining them to bn Ms own. On toll curious atory Da Mackey make, two re marks. Tbe Ant la tbe very obriaus ou* that thb wu “a very lame el rererze of obvious, l oft—it wen, wu condoned, and none 'but aonry minded peofemlonaJ eriliea and habitual opponent of hb policy thought any tha worse of him.” Ifttrif wen »>—which ww do not for a moment beilavc-il Is dear that Mr. Dbnafl s sour-minded critter and habitual opponeau wet* toe only people vita were jut then pomentl of a canmfouem iawry err. am-iey makes two I la the very obvious on* that t ooiplanatlon;” toe eeeood b 1 is, bung tost tdaraeit’a otrense, ru condoned, and none'bet so

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The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, August 23, 1887, Image 1