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THK WEEKLY CONSl'rrtTTION. ATLANTA. GA??? TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4 1881 TWELVE PAGES.
AT TEAGUE POTEET???5.
A Sketch of the Hog Mountain
Range.
BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.
ICopyright, 1884. All righto referred.]
VI.
???Ob, Teague,??? she cried, ???they uv VilM
him! They uv done killed my little A.hi oh t
Lordyltbnt mortal hain't a-Iivin' that.he over
done any harm. What did they kill ???aim for? 1
Then she turned to Woodward: "Oh, Mister,
Mirier! please tell mo,whnl he don ??. J'm the
one that made tbo liquor, I'm tb a one. Oh,
Lordy! what did they kill little ;*??b for?'
Teague 1???otcet dismounted fn ,j,j h; 9 horae,
tcok the woman firmly but get ,tly by tbe arm,
at d made her ait down by tho aide of the road.
Then when the wraa more co mposed, -ihe told
the story of finding her tton'a body. It was a
terrible story to hear lrom the lips of tho
mother, but ahe grew quieter after tolling it,
and presently wentwn her way. Tho two mon
watched her out oleight.
???1 *11 tell you what, Cap,??? said Teague, as
he flung himaclf Into the anddlc, ???they er
houndin??? airier us. They er ???buain??? tbe wiro-
mtn an* killin??? the children; stidder cnrrrin???
<*ut the law, they er gwine about a-shootln*
an??? a-mtirderin???. Bo fur, so gootf. Well, now,
lennne tell-you: the hawk???s done lit once too
much in the chicken lot. This ia a freo coun
try. I hain???t n-layin??? no blamo on you. Me
and Sis stood by you when tho boys a'ore they
wua a-gwine to rattle you up. Wo mado ???em
behave the???ree'vei, an??? I hain???t a-blnimin???
you, hut they er houndin??? airier ua, an* of I
wua you, J wouldn't stay on this hill nary
???nurthor minnit longer than it ???ud take mo to
gitofTnit. When the boy* git wind er this
ungodly bitncaa, they ull be mighty herd to
hoi*. 1 reckon maybe you '11 bo a-gwine down
about Atlauty. Well, you thos watch an???ecu
?? you
what stan??? the goverment???egwineter take ???bout
A b Bonner; *n r ef hit don???t take no atan???, you
thee drip in thar an??? tell ???em haw you seed a
ole man name Teague 1???oteet, an* ho ???lowed
that tbe revenue fellers better not git too cloat
ter Hog Mountain, bekazn the hidin???-out biz
Rheas ia done played. Tho law what???s good
enough far jk>re little Ab Bonner ia enough fur
tbe men what shot ???Jin.???
They rode on until they came to Poteti 1
house.
???W# '11 the* go in an* git n attack,??? Mid
Teague, ???an* airtcr that your beat gait ia a gal
lop.???
But Woodward declined. He was dazzed as
well as humiliated, and ho had no deairo to
face Bis I???otect. He pictured to Himself tho
scorn ami bitterness with which she would
connect his presence on the mountain with tho
murder of Ab Bonner, and he concluded to
fide on to Gullcttsvillo. Ho took Tosguo IV
feet by tho hand.
???Goud-by, old man,??? he said; ???1 shall re
member you. Tell Miss Bis???well, tell Miss
Bis good-by.??? With that ho wheeled his horse
and rode rapidly toward (Jullettiville.
?? H waa a fortunate rido for him, perhaps.
The wrath of llog Mountain was mightily
???tiffed w hen it henrdoftho killing of Ab Bon
ner. and Woodward would lmvo fared badly at
1U hands. Tho wroth of others was stirred al
so. The unfortunate nflair took tho shape of
n political issue, ami thus the hands of justice
Were tied. But all this is a matter of history,
and need not be dwelt upon.
In the meantime, as tho days passed,
Teague Petrel brearne dimly and uncomfor
tably consioua that a great change had coma
over Bis. Oue day she would be ns bright ami
as gay as tho birds in the trees; tho next, she
would be quiet, taciturn, and apparently da*
pressed. As Teague expressed it, ???oue minuit
hit???s Bis, nn???the nex??? nit???s some uti else.???
tirsdually the fita of depression grew more and
more frequent end lasted longer. Hlio was nb-
???tracted and thoughtful, aud her petulanco
dhappiared altogether. Thu contrast result
ing Horn this change was ao marked that it
would have attracted tho attention of a person
ef far lets intelligence than Tceguo Botnet. IIo
endrjtvomi to Oum-uj
i l???cteet was
brad on his arm, and Teague sat holding her
thus half the night. When she did awake she
upbraided herself so earnestly for imposing on
htr old pappy (as she called him,) that Teague
yawned, and vtreU-bed himself, aud rubbed
liis eyes, and pretended that he too had been
???tltcp.
???Lordy, honey! I wuz that gone tel! I didn't
know whoYr 1 ???ut rolled up in a haystack er
stretched out in a fcatb?? r-l??od. I reckon ef
jou'd 'a* listened right dost you???d ???a* heeru
me *no\ I fhes laid hack nn' howled at the
rafl??n*, an???oncc-t er twice-t 1 wuz afeard I
mout \v*??k?? n up l???uss.*???
Bie's risponbc to this transparent fib was an
infectious peal of laughter, and a kiss which
amply repaid Teague for any discomfort to
which he may have been subjected.
Once, alter Eis had nestled up against
Teague, she asked somewhat irrelevantly,???
???Pap,.do you reckon Mr. M&podward won a
revenue spy after all???????
???Well, not io???rda the lanl. lie dropped that
business airtcr he once seed ila whictiaways.
hat makes you sat????
???Because I hate and despise revenue
spies.???
???Well, they hain't been a-bothorm??? roun???
lately, an' We hsin???t got no call to hnte???omtull
they gits in sight. Jlatin??? is a mighty ha???sh
distune. When Puss???s preacher comes along,
he talks ag???in it over the Bible, an??? tvlien you
call ???im in to dinner, lie talks ag???in it over the
chicken bones, J reckon Bit???s mighty bad,???
mighty bad.???
???Diu you like him????
??????Who? J ???mss'* preacher????
???Now, you know I don???t mean him, pap.???
???Ob! Cap???n Woodward. Well, I tell you
whsf, he had mighty talkin??? ways. Look In
his eye. an??? you wouldn???t see no muddy water;
an' he had grit. They hain't no two ways
about that. When I ast Tin out with us that
night, he went like a man that had a stool to
a quillin??? bee; an' when Duke Dawson an' Hid
Pnrmnlee flung out some er thu???r slurs, ho thus
snapt his lingers in tho???r face, an??? ups an???
ssys, says he, ???Gents, ef you er up for a frolic.
Pin your man, an??? ef you er in fora fight, thes
count me in.??? says he. Tho boys wuz a little
rIritihy,??? aaid Teague, apologetically.
His squeezed up a little closer against her
herself. Bho was Mountain Sphinx.
. ???J'm ulcnrd Sis la ailin',???said Tung
one cccnsiuii.
???Well/* replied FuaV, ???sbo ain???t complain
in'.???
???That???s hit,??? Teague persisted; ???she hain't
complainin'. That???s wont pesters roe. Bho
looks lonesome, uu??? she???s got one er them kin
der furaway looks In her eyes that gives mo
the all-overs.??? The Sphinx rubbed its sniiif
and swung in its rocking-chair. ???8omo day*
sbo looks liol p up, an??? then ng???iti she looks css*
down. J ???low???d may ho you nought know wtrot
ailed her.???
???Men folks,??? said l???uss, manipulating liar
#tiuft-*w??b slowly and deliberately, ???won't
never have no sense while the worr Stan???s. Ef
a'oman nlii???t gwlno hctlicr an' yxu\ ripiuiy-
riippity, day in au* dny out, half the night,
tlu-y er on tho???r heads. Wiiiuneii hain???t
tutu.???
???That???s so.??? replied Teague, gravely, ???they
liaih t. J.I they wuz, the meu ???ud bo iu a
mighty nico fix,???
"They???d have some sense,???* said Puss.
???Likely so. Yit ???omaii er man kin shot one I
eye an???tell that Bis looks droopy; mt* wluti
Bis looks droopy I know in reusen sump???n r
nuther ails her.???
???Well, goodness kaowse I wish in my soul
somebody ???d shot one oye an??? look at mi," ex
claimed Puis, with n touch of jealously in her
tone, traipse 'roun* this hill nutcil IT
that wore out I can???t ding one foot airU<
t other, saaerly, an??? 1 don???t never hear nobody
up an* asl wbnt ails me. It???s fiis, 8.*, Bis, all
tbe time, an* eternally. Ef the calf's fat tho
ole cow ain???t got much choice betwixt tho
qua*tnire an??? the tan-vat.???
???Uid, how you do niu on,??? said tho iron
gray giant, rubbing his kuuckte* together
shtej iiddy. ???You don???t know Btoef von go nn
that away. Many's tha time that chile ???ud
lolier tuv up on??? say, ???Pap, ef you see my
ahawl a-hangin *out uu thegfrue , Puss???ll be
ashi p, au* don???t you come a lumberin' iu an???
wske hir up, nuther.??? An' many???s the time
she'd conic out an??? meet me, an* up an??? snr,
???rap, ivs has taken an??? bin a-roopin??? all day
long j yess you au' me go iu an??? fetch her up.???
???An , bias your lite/???Tvsgue continued,ad
dressing s??>ro* imaginary peremi on the other
side ol the fireplace, ???when me an???Bis sets our
heads fur to fetch anybody up, they er the*
Batrliully ethleegvd to come.???
Puss tubbed her mull ami swayed to and fro
in btr rocking-chair, disdaining to make any
rtply to this array of facts and argumenU; and
Ttsgue was as ignorant as aver o? the cause of
she queer change iu his daughter. Perhaps,
as t??ranu-s a dutiful husband, he should have
retort,d OUoft his couiplsiiiiug wife with cam-
pis tuts of hit own; but his mtereaU aud his
isolation bad tnnde him thoughtful ami for-
brsriug. lie had the trait of gentleness which
Vid they fight, pap????*
???'Lord bless you, no. I thes token an* flung
my hsn???in Duke's collar an??? fetched 'itn a
shake er two, nn???put Tm in a good humor
tcrcckly; an??? then airterwerds Tip Wution sot
*i m all right wheh ho read out the letter you
foun???on tho floor.???
???ub, pap!" Bis exclaimed in a horrified
tone, ???I slapped that letter out of Mr. Wood
ward???s handl???
Teague laughed exultantly.
???Whal???d ho any????
???lie didn???t say anything. He looked like
hr expected tho floor to open and swallow
him. 1 never was so ashamed in my life.
I???ve cried about it a thousand times.???
???Why, honey, 1 wouldn???t take an???cry 'bout
it ef I wuz you.**
???Y??s, you would, pap, If???If you worn mo. I
don???t know what came over me; f don???t know
bow I could bo so hateful. No lady would ever
do such a thing as that.???
Bis gave her opinion with great emphasis,
Teague took hie pipe out of his mouth.
???Well, I tell you what, liouoy, they mought
cr done wuss. I let you know, when 'folks is
f ot to be a-rutinin* here an??? a-hidin??? yander,
it???s (lies about time for the gals for to hue
the???r manners. Nobody wouldn???t n-blamcd
you much ef you???d a-fetched tbo Cap???n a clip
stidder tbe letter; leastways, I wouldn???t.??????
The girl shivered and caught her*breath.
???If! bad bit him,** she exclaimed vehe
mently, ???I should have gone off aud killed
myself."
???Bheol??? said Teague' In a tone intended to
be at once contemptuous and reassuring, but
it was neither the one nor the other.
This conversation gave Teague fresh cause
for anxiety. From his point of view, flia???s
newly developed humility was absolutely
ainrtofng, and it added to his uneasiness. Ito
recognized in her tone a certain shy uoss which
innud to appeal to him for protection, and ho
was profoundly stirrod by it without at all,
understanding it. With a tact that might bo
traced to cither instinct ur accident, ho re
frained from questioning her as to her
troubles. He was confused, but watchful. He
kept bis own counsel, find had no more con-
fermcea with Puts. Perhaps puss was also
cmetliing of a mystery; if so, sbo was old
nctigh to taka care of her own affairs.
Teague had other talks with Bis,???some gen-
tat, soiiichnlf-eonfidentinl,???and' he finally
bieu me aware of tho fact that every subject
lid to Woodward. Ho humored this, awk
wardly but earnestly, and though ho had a
clew; t ut it was a clow that postered him
BETSY HAMILTON.
A Ifomnnre of Owl Hollow???A Continued
fitorjr In Dialect of Love nud Humor,
itr.
Dr. Grffin Hunter wasn???t in no burry about
leaviu'of the moutUius, be liked Mist Bo*
dock's fried chicken and big fat biscuits and
long ns be was out fur hJs health he tuck up
bis board over thar in Owl Holler tel the la+t
one of old '???Top Knot???a??? litter got ???sizable
enough to eat,??? and folks didn???t know whether
it was the ole ???oman???s chickens or her gain
that was tbe occasion of him a-staying so
longr some 'lowed 'twus one, and some 'lowed
Twes totber but no body knowed ter sartin.
T< be and Tige Milllnger, and Moses Gant had
been a hitekin* of flier riding critters up thar
at old man ltodock???s every Sunday evonin* tel
??????that dock??? come. It waa monstrous plain
Tige wos in love with Itcnny Itodock, and
Moses Gant bud went so fur as to ax her paw
fur her, but wbnt Tobe wos a-gwine thar fur
no body knowed; they eny the gals they-selves
didn???t know; for sometimes he gin pepper-
ment candy to one, and sometimes to totber;
but it was the talk that he had his, eye sot on
"fiecesh.???* Atter the stranger come and Tobe
he Blacked off a- gwine and made his-sef skase
over in Owl Holler, folks ???lowed he waa jeal
ous of fho stranger on account of Seccab, and
when he never come a-nigh the river the day
of the muskydime bunt, that settled it. When
Tige met Benny that dny at tbe spring and
axed her to marry him she was nfeafed to lay
no. His keen black eyes pcared to flash fire
when be ilircwteucd In r to kill Moses Gant if
she let him come to Bee her any more, and
while he wos so mad and talkin??? about killin???
folks she thought if she made him mad by re
fusin??? to marry him that ho mought kill heron
the spot, so before she knowed what she was
a doin??? she Lad sgrecd to marry him, and
when she come in with the pail of water and
handed some to tho stranger she was still ex
cited and ekeerrd, hut utter Hccesh told her
that Tige's bark was wuascr???n his bite, she
never said no more, and never told no body
Hint she bad agreed to marry Tigo. Her folks
had ???tilers lornt her to tell tho truth, so eho
thought she???d have to marry Tigo any how
love or no love, atter she bad promised him,
and mebhe so sunc good mought come of it by
keenin??? him from killin??? Mum Gant.
(By way of parenthesis we will say, that
nllt-r tbe occupants of the house with the horse
slice over the door that night were supposed to
have been asleep the stranger in the little
shed room on a clean white lied, opened the
window shutter and looked out upon tho moon
lit night; and as lie listened to tho regular
Comfortable breathing oftho honest old man iu
lb*- adjoining room, and thought of hoar little
it took to make him happy, he almost evied
him his sweet repose. They are happy people,
be thought, and there aro but few things to
distmb their rest: poor tie true, but indepen-
dint, industrious land honest, juid live
under the purity ing influences of the Christian
religion. And yet while there seemed to bo
nothing to interrupt tho peaceful slumbers of
the other members of the household, there was
sleep for Benny, her mind was unusually
THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
What This . World's jralr Witt do for the
???New South ????
New Oblkaxs. October 28, 1881.???The uiual
autumn boom of business nerc is more marked
than ever before. The laying of new an l of
more car tracks, ihe building of m* w Boases,
ihe improvement und extension ot ml ones,
are go??<d and sufficient signs of tho times.
Even the formation of new clubs among tho
y?? unc hieu is nn item*not to ho left out in tho
rairuTfltionrof an observer of tho present prof-
j < els of this place, whteh many years ago some
sunacious prophet iu the Encyclopedia Hrit-
x i,dion declared would be the greatest com
mercial city on this continent if not ia tho
w?? rid.
Tho prediction docs not seem now so hope-
h-fsly wild of aim,/lor the last live years,
whose progress has sought expression in the
bolding of a world???s exposition here on a scale
simply giguutic, have been even more
PRODIGAL IN Pr.KKOKlf A NCB
than tho past was profuse in promise. Much
has been published of .late on this subject of
growth, hut one day at the exposition will out
weigh in fset-impress^veuess whole weeks of
sietntical study.
freeing is believing and the right of the new
etuth in radiant array this winter to win a
victory of peace will conviuce the world not
only of the sympathetic oneness of the nation,
but iilro of the woudeiful wealth waiting here
for the wise and
BEGGING TO BE DEVELOPED
into a splendid usefulness. The ???New South???
dates from about five years ago. The ravages
of war and misgovernmciit, the immense loss
of life, capital and labor brought about by a
prolonged struggle, left it still prostrate and
impoverished as late as 1877 or 1878. It was
then that the first dawn of a new life was
shown. With the government iu the hands
of the people, witli the bitter animosities of
war and political strife ended, a new spirit
was aroused, a new enthusiasm revived, out
of which a new condition of ailuirs sprang.
It was a bard struggle at first, but tho
men and women of the south never
faltered. Confidence was restored, wealth
created, new ideas propagated.
BILL ARP
itybcaOoco Bojoii.No Fsnoca, Ifo G,mb-
jii.fclicfcmejj!'*, ?*???*,?? Si it u b T7???? for Judxe
(Jury, ltd no B??u??>??lioaa Votss for
tlikPuat 8^ven*em V-??is, Etc.
I have been down to the good old county of
Lincoln. I never was there before for it is hid
out and lies remote from the blessings and
the curses of modern civilization. What a pity
it is that railroads which nre such civilizers
and such a necessity always bring with them
such a tram of troubles. Now hero is Lincoln
awey efi' the track and her jail doors were
open and fonnontha have not closed upon a
prisi ner. Judge Pottle was there holding
c?? uit. Ho opened it and closed it in a day ana
n bhll for tb*-r??* were but three civil cases upon
the docket and not a criminal to try. There
wouldn't he many cuudidaies for solicitor if
ell thcmiDties were as peaceable us Lincoln.
Now here Is Paulding county-thafc used to be
on that line and haroiy ever held court more
than six days in a year. But now since they
have a railroad ana have got civilized their
dcckets are crowded and their jail is full. My
owu county of Bartow has two railroads and
we hold twelve weeks of court and never get
through. There are only two lawyers and a
half in Lincolntcn and twenty-seven in
CartcrsviDe. Maybe it is the lawyers who stir
up to much devilment in Bar tow and the peo-
t le nre not so much to bloiue for it. I aont
now, but I do know that we are a heavily
taxed people and still lmve tho worst roads in
tbe country. Lincoln county hns better roads
and no fences and docs not owe a dollar and
her good people come right square up to the
. -??j ?? * ??? islced the
King???s book on the ???Great South??? showed the
peoplo of the north and east this impending
1SUVSTIAL KEVOLl rtO.V:
nml capital and immigrants turned their eyes
in this direction. Monoy was invested here
in rebuilding and reconstructing the old rail-
rood systems, broken and bankrupted by tho
war. This money doubled, trebled and quad-
agitated that night.
An the young man lay on his couch and
wotrhed the inndnwH iiq the trees near Ills
window, the nulling leaves, and the hootiug
ot a lonely owl in tho distance were all the
founds that broke the stillness of the hour uu-
fil from he adjoining room catno out shrill
upon the midnight air:
???Be-en,??? wlnucd out old Miss Rodock,
???It*.mtoy wbnt air you a-doin*, what on the
li.vin y r| h nir you n settin??? up thar this time'
o night Inr, a Inkin??? of your death of cold 7???) '
Benny???s mind hud been so upjot she
couldn???t sleep and she had riz out???n bod aud-
was a sritin??? in tho door
Tfv* hud been tumble jealous bekase heL
didn't know but what Benny loved Mote, hut?
row (hat she bad promised to murry him,
thar wasn???t but one thing in the way that ho
could see, and that was the old niou had said
die shouldn't marry Ud sho wn* 25 year ofd.
Tige he wasn't willin??? to wait, aud told her
frequently sweetens and cqualitas large na-
tuns. lie re mem b*r??\! that bahlad whatever
1 behind whatever
a*Idaiitls???reasonable or uureasouabl.*???l???u????
niiLbt make, there existed a stronghold of af-
feetion aft* tenderness; be remembered that
than
He turned it round in his mind and brooded
over it. Woodward Wos a man of lino appear-
snee ??nd winning manners, and Bis, with all
the advantage*-- comparative ndrantngei,
merely???that the Gullvtuvillo Academy hud
civui her, was only n mountain girl,after all.
???VliBt if???Teague turned away from tho sus
picion ill terror. It was a horrihlo ouo; but as
oftm as he put it aside, so often he returned to
if. It haunted him. Turn where h??* might,
go where he would, it pursued him night mid
day.
One mild afternoon in tho early spring, Mr.
Philip Woodward, ex-deputy marshal, loaned
against the railing of Broad street bridge in tho
city ot Atlanta, and looked northward to where
Ki-nnefaw Mountain rises like a huge blue
! billow out of the hohi??n and fends pic-
tnreiqueiiess to the view. Mr. Woodward was
in i xeellmt humor, lie bad just made up his
mlod in retard to n mutter that find given
liitn no little trouble. A wandering pro*pec-
for, tbe agent of a company of Boston c.ipii il-
irts, bad told him n-few hours before that ho
wiuld be offered twenty thousand dollars for
bis land-id on Hog Mountain. This whs very
important, bin it was not of the highest im
portance. He nodded fumilinrly to Konue-
raw, and thought: ???I???ll slip by you to-mor
row and make auditor raid on flog Mountain,
and compel that high-tempered girl to toll iuo
what she mentis by troubling mo so.???
A traiu ifeara ran pulling nml roaring
under the bridge; and as Woodward turned to
follow it with his eye lie saw standing upon
Ibe other side a till!, gndnl, powerful looking
man, whom he instantly recognized as Teague
l'oled. Teague woro the air ef awkward,
neklcfsly helpless independence which so
oltcn deceive* those who strike the mountain
men for a trade. Hwirtly crossing the bridge,
Woodward seised Teague aud greeted him
with a cordiality that amounted to euthuei
asm.
???Well, of all tha world, old man, vou are
the ouo I most tvauted to sea.??? Teoguo???*
thoughts ran with grim directness to a reward
that had been offered for a certain gray ol.
Moonshiner who had made his hennunartera
on Hog Mountain. ???How are all nt home?
Woodward went on, ???and what is the news?
"The folk* is |*orely nml puny,??? Teague re
n???t b???ar relatiu???skace
*u r whole life had b.???cn made up of a series wf
small sacrifices; he knew that she was readv,
whenever occasion made it nc eeaarv, to cast
asrae her ttmfl-twab aud her complaint*, and
fo to Ihe rack Without a murmur.
hut Teague was by bo mcaua satisfied with
J>e condition of *??!??,??, bo Ur ma Sit was con-
wned. lie said no more to his wife, but he
kept hit eyes open. The situs ion was baf-
rir g to Ihe point of irritation, but Teague ho
my* d neither uneasiness nor restlessm**. Ho
bung about tb** bouse more, and he would fre-
esws z*tly walk in quieUy when tbe women
11 ought he was miles away.
* Ttsrc were time# when Bit ignored his pres-
ttce altogether, hut as a general thing she ap-
reared to r* ith his companionship. Bome-
(ip-??f at bigiit, after her mother had gone to
bed, she would bring her chair close to
Teague???s, and rest her head upon his shoulder
While he amok*d his pipe and fixed in the
!>????? Teague enjoy cl the.???* occasions u, the ut-
feM??t,ai3d humored his daughter's slightest
wish, rcri f tdii g to her rv*ry tno>iaud finer.
H.b. UlkM??, k* talk??4; lf.k?? ni .(lent, it
tndaulwf.Oee,Ut dropped uicp viu her
i'iit.1, -in- th. i* r.. .on as aan asm
H- 1 b.in???, B il.n.vii]???," ho continunl, rab
bin* hi. .'hill .ml locking keenly at the other,
"I h.in't ??????dingin??? but nh.t {???m .-huntin'
??? irtrrjeu, ??n???the buiiacw I com. on heiu't
got much how,lyin' j??? it. Ef you uy got ??> me
I'I.ee er nulber wher' ever'h.efy huin't .-cock
in' up the r y,utr. .t u>, IM like to p??u ,omo
Words wi' \ou.???
???W hy, ??f course,??? exclaimed Woodward,
hooking hit arm in Teague???s. ???We Ml go to
my retro. Come! And alter we get through,
if ycu don???t say that my bn??jne*?? with vmi ????
mere imixotaut than your business with me,
tb.n I *11 .gr.e to c.rry you t??? !I???g MounUIn
cut toy eaek. heir that'., fair.mi rraaonabie
| rc|a.iti,,n. What ,loyou tayf
Voedvani .poke with ununtal warmtn, amt
there tra. a glow af hoyl.h fbatikne.. in hi*
ton. and mtuuer. that Teague fouml it har-1 n,
mist.
???Well, they ???a thes this much about it,??? he
ko,,n# ? i|# eighty troublesome,
IB* vit hit's pit to be settled up.???
Ilf Pad put ^revolver in his pocket on ac-
ccunt of this troublesome busincM.
???fio is m.ne troublesome,??? respamded W<xv{.
ward, Isughtug, and thee growing serious. ???!t
baa near!? w^fried me to death.???
iWut???ly tho? reached W.khIward's room,
whleb was ap a Higbk of stairs near the corner
Of Bread std Alabsnta streets. It was a very
plain a j art ment, hut e.-????fortahly furnished
and krjt with scrupulous pcatnc4??.
ITu U Cuauaucd acat Week.]
As Bonny sot thar she thought to herself,
???'J ige he wont Wait, he say of he wait toll I???m
twmty-five I???ll be old enough for his gran'
inniMny, lemine see, it will ho nine year,
nine year is n long time, but Mosois a waitin???
iimJ Pal Loenis is o-waitin??? and, and, but
ihueks, Tige is so hcadetrtiug he cant bo put
< 11, 1 wished I had er told him ???no??? right
cow n, but he???d er kilt mo sho' as my uamo s
B??n ai d he???d ef kilt Mose Gant too, I???ve done
seed it in Tige???s eyes that ef 1 say ???no??? I may
pH l nr to die. lie hns done told me about h nv
nigh he come a killin??? ora heap of folk*.???Poor
me I don???t know what to do.??? This last sho
suid aloud as she crept buck to bed, her mnw
lit-sirn it, and was,pestered, but never axod
* l *??? r what was Ihe matter. The uoxt time sho
H cd Tige was at the muskydimo hunt. You
see sbs had promised Tige to marry him rii<|
he k uowtd her tolka wasn???t willin??? so lie mado
his plans to steal her, he bought tho license
two days tv lore, and hnd been down tho river
to om Nquire Aiiios tho jestis of the peace aud
sxm! him to marry???em, so every thing was
itsdy, but he hadn???t aaw Reu. Ho counted
rn it nil bein??? right with Ben ami 'lowed to
??"l ??*???!?? ?????h?? halnt wuth a havin??? of sho wont
inn away with a feller.??? J???oor Benuy still
??? d the tiger in his eyes and was skearod t,??
say no. Bho had seed a tiger in Roberson???s
sl ow and Tige MUlingcr had that sumo look
??ut'n bis ever. So when ho fouml her whur
Hiinon Gi ubh# had seed lier a gittin??? of iho
???west gum, be tried to teli her all his plans,
she still wouldn???t say no, but tried to put him
i>t!, tbcn he nrcutrd her of lovin??? Moses Grant
at.d it was when they had went up thar to Big
later recks that me and Cul beam him tell
lur, ???You ciiu marry Mose it you want to,
tut sh?? as my name???s Tige I???ll kill him.??? I n
r?? to we iins didn???t know Tige was a lixin to
run away with her.
S?? c????h liad done went home to milk tho cow
at d git supp* r. ???Tim Dock??? was u boardin'
thar now smi the tuck extra puius to have
things nice. But senso he had g<??t acquainted
with the folks and thar was so much fever-
and-Mger over on the river bottom settlement,
it Up him busy a ridin???, and she didn???t- see
much of hint. Auolher thing bothered her he
had got acquainted with Miss Nora Fulton,
the teacher.
Onv-half ol the world dout know what*
a-gwine ou in tother.
Old Miss Rodock didn???t know no m'ore???n
Ihe dead what wasa-g??titie on that was of #o
much rontarn to her, or she w??mibin???s have sot
?? v?? r thar at gran??? mow ???s aud U k??*d ?????oncon-
farnct!about settin???of her hens aud plantin???
of her garden seeds.
As I was a sayin???,??? says she ???my Benny
have got time enough afore her yit to think
at cut marrvin???, ahe isjist gwiue on sixteen
she turned her sixteenth year here lastsprxug
Ds t??ue 1 was married when 1 was fifteen, but
Km haint nothin??? but a chile, aud 8eco*h
baint m thin??? but a chile nuther a?? to that,
but bow time do fly I We uttned her Seceth
???reckly sttsr Alabatn??? pulled out fnitu the
rnfon. Hhe never had no name and her paw
went over in the valley and hrarn the new?,
and when he come home he waa tight, the
fu??t at.d last time ever t seed my ole man
dor sperrita, at d he was a hollerin??? aud a
pled ifrelf. So successful w?? ro these invest
ments that newlines were cinstructed, first in
Texas and Georgia, and then spreading
over the wbolo south. The roads thus built
wc ro of tho very best character, steel railed
ami ballasted, with elegant cars and quick
schedules. Following the railroads, trade aud
commerco revived.
Then camo an industrial renaissance, a turn
ing to manufactures. It whs discovered that
the south was especially fitted for the inauu-
facture of many art'clea, especially or its own
grtiit fats, pie, cotton. Other industries fol
lowed. ???lhu mines of Georgia, Tennessee and
Alai mim began to turn out coal and iron at
??a cs th??t Han led Pennsylvania, and assured
Ihe successful rivalry of tho south in those in
dustries. Hon th Curolitm had already divcov-
??? f??? d b mine of wealth in its phosphates, which
n v.vcd the worn out ficMs of tho older smith.
This progress, this growth, then started, has
bo'ii iitcoming more rnd more rapid every year.
But it must not he imagined that by saving
tho progress of this section had sought expres
sion in the holding hero of a world???s exposi
tion, I meant to imply any localism to this
brand
ALL-EMBIMCIYE EXTEBPRISX.
On the contrary, the exposition, from its pres-
cut outlook, may bo liknued to that scriptural
tower from which could bo seen alt ntonce, all
tho kingdoms of the OHrth and tho glory of
them. It has become national, international,
universal*in its character. Tho interest of
foreign nations in it hns accumulated rapidly
in the last two months.
1 T lao commissioners from Mexico, 8paniah
Honduras and South American countries have
Becrt tonictime in the city, actively engogod in
reparations of extraordinary magnitude, and
it isJisrdlv exaggerative to say that the Litin
race of this continent is at least thoroughly
awako to the fact that this is tho
nineteenth century. The commis
sioners of tbo Japanese giveru
ment, Mes??rs. Tnkantino and Tair\nri have
??Do arrived with a demand for larger space in
vhfch to display tho development ot their
country. Everything now points t??tho con
clusion thntenot satisfied with bcingonenf the
positionally great cities of the world, Ne;v Or-
iolycd to provo herself -tho exposi-
of the country.
tionally grco*t
TOO.11 Its AT IIOIlK.
He Sees the Simm ??,t snutber Kcvolution
\Vithtli Ten Yrnrs.
\V. M. llaintou, ol Hart county, writes thus
to tbe Hartwell him of a visit to General
Toombs;
The most honored and entcrfnintng liberty
wc enjoyed was a cull on Georgia???s renowned
???ud pre-eminent statesman, Hon. Robert
T<< mh*. Thin dhUngunthed and remarkitblc
man cccupiea a superlative position in the his
tory of our country, and will be iraiutcd D?? ns
a marble shaft with profound priifo by nub >rn
svnerationv. lie stands a full he*d and shoul
ders above all the men of his day in th's or
anv other state in the American union.
Upon approaching tho doniiisileofUiis mala-
pcit delender of constitutional rights the
elinrm of admiration at once elevates the mind
in beholding the loving spleudor with which
all the external attachments are adjusted.
We found the great pacificator cheerful, imd
liis com pel lation nllo t??le. Wo sny pacificator
fur tbe tact that he did as much to avert tho
great catastrophe that befell ????ur country m
any man known to us. We inquired of Mr.
Tt ombs whom he considered the most succcja-
(ni confrderate gciuial in the late war. His
reply wus, ???.Inc Johnston, if lie had been lot
alone.??? The general continuing said:
Davis was continually moving
whoopin??? like some body plum craxy, and
Mowed: ???Calin* I???ve done (bund a uaine for
tl v Uby, its Secession, hurrah f.??r Atabam!???
And while she w??s a talkin??? about her gals she
never dreamt that right that minute Tige
Millinjrr was a stealm??? her Ren that she
ih?? Uffft was nothin??? but a chile.
It Reared like gran??? pop???s words was a
cr min* true. ???Kf t'uline???s folks dent watch
i uc them Miilirgers will steal fump???n from
*ro yit,??? but gmu??? pap never thought that it
Bu'Ugbt h?? oue of Caliue's gals.
^ A . B??:rar Hamiltox.
[To be Continued next week.]
Crpyvtgbt, Uf4. 1
Pr????< stl??| Her Huabaad IRih Fodr Gtrta.
WsTvars bd, N. Y.. October ??.-The wife of
Gccrjte McCreary, of the Hndsnft River Knitting
Mills, urr????-rtfit Hm with fourtlct-rn at tbirth
t Fee day They are aU girl*, and weighed aeveo
urda t|>!u6
Mr. .
from one place to another. That he hated
General Johnston extremely.??? Mr. Toombs
is o great admirer of Johnston. Of Mr. Davis
General Toombs said: ???Ho is contumacious
and {incompatible, and a man of diminutive
imtcrmntion.??? We next asked his ???opiuioa of
the political outlook. He thought tha pros
pect for Mr. Cleveland quite favorable. But
Mid there waa ??o much jMditical infidelity tho
remit was hard lo estimate. We next anked
if tbe sad dilemma in which the lato war
placed our c uiltry and tho clouds ot sselloual-
Iitn would be removed wu&out a revolution.
He said t ???I think not. 1 told the people be
fore the war that revolution would
come in ten year* ami so it
did. The political elements are so corrupt
that I prognosticate another revolution in the
course of ten y^ara.??? The air in which tho
grand old veteran spoke demonstrate l to our
Mliifaction that he saw something iu the fu
ture that pictured something horrible to him,
and we believe it was with profound regret
that he gaaed upon iu >We believe that Gen
eral Toombs wronld be pteased to see tbo ilagof
peace and common brotherhood cover this
bread land from Alaska's ice-bouud shores to
Mexico's tropical clime. We have an ex iltod
opinion of many of the great men of Georgia,
but among th* m all General Toombs is the
Ajax in tniiuf, and a man of true nobility of
character with all hi# powers after a long and
eventful public service. 11c has retire 1 to pri
vate life without a spot or stain upon hi* es
cutcheon.
men mcclxi.ocii fob KEcnertRY
lb* Swedish Stlntsi??.r UvMves... trthur tn*
sited to Iks Plenary I'minctt
Wasmaoioa, October 28 ???The president to-
day appointed cx Secretary Huglf Me Tulloch
to m neerttary of tr^????cry, and decretory
W alter J. Gresham to be circuit in !<???* of th^
wtfbth circuit, to succeed Judge Thomas
???Dnm.rr.oMf, resigned. The ip|miotm??nt of
Hecretary McCuthn-li will take effect to-mor-
i*??w. Judge Gresham will leave Washington
to-luorrvw for Indiana. Mr. Me*
Culioch who ia now in W'aihingtm,
accented tbe office, after a conference with the
E resident, to-day, at tbe executive mansion.
t to ??b??.ut twenty-four years of age, b it to
???till ??? taan of active habits and rigoroua
health.
realization ot old Agur???s prayer who
Lord to give him neither jtoverty nor riches.
TLere is no place for a traveling show to ex
hibit, no ten-pin alley, no billiard tables, no
circutBca not even a livery staldc, but the
boys most of them have their own horse and
buggy and will volunteer to drive you over to
WashibgtoD, which is twenty mites away, and
charge you nothing but the pleusure of your
ccmpany. ???How do you get along, said I,
whst do you young men do for eutertainmunt?
Oh wc visit around right smart and walk out
wit]) the girls to Jook at the moon. We???vo got
the same moon you have and it is a mightygood
thing to court by. A young nidii can tell iu
Jove quicker under the light of the moon than
any where elre.??? I mentioned thi* to Colonel
Tmd Howard and be said it wn?? true. ???I???ve
no doubt of it Wiiliaiu/???suid he,???for love in its
lost analysis is a kind of lunacy and lunacy
yt u know is derived from the moon. ???Luna???
inians the moon and n lunatic is a young man
who bneeu???tgot anything and fulls in love with
a girl who hsvent got any thing aud imagines
he will die and bo eternally blasted if he
decent get her.???
Lincoln county has not hud a single republi
can vote coat at her polls in seventeen years.
Juot think of it, more tegruts th in white and
not a single republican vote. Talk about the
(olid scut)) I There is no county in it as solid
os Lincoln. They do not lack culture and koep
posted on all the polities of the day. There are
over a hundred copies of The CoasriTOTiox
lake n there and about oh many of tbo Augusta
Chronicle. George Bnrncs made a great speech
there and electrified the people. They are
2>roud of George and b/ivo a right to be. Those
!>it'p]o ure slow and sure. They uro a great
big jury and when they want a thing done
tlujr do it. They cant bo humbugged with
new inventions or gedeced by the fashions and
lollies ol the day. They send their children
to school and to college. Thofr boys go to
Athens and their girls to tho Lucy Cobb Rnd
tb??y dont know and dont cure for any other
institution. Old Judge Dooly lived there and
died there and they dent know of any smart
thing that he riident ray. I heard anecdotes
of him which were just the snmo I used to hear
ol old Judge William II. Underwood in our
eotiion. John M. Brady lives in tho memory
of all their old men and they have handed him
down to their children and grand children
Aid there in another man???s grave near to
Lincoluton whose memory* the people of
Georgia and the e'outh delight to honor. For
fifty years Thomas It. Ashmore was the real
author and maker of Grier???s Almanac. He
was a gt liiiis in u way???with but a tew months
ol (( booling he mastered the highest grade of
mathematic* and astronomy and there is hard
ly a 1/tUiily in tiu>??"Uih*-rn hind that docs not
bung his almanac by the inuutlcpiccu and
Jy upon it lor time and sccaonn and heavenly
pin nt India, lie is dead bifl his ??situannc sur
vivtsHudhis nephew, Gates Ashmore, ro
preside nt of Jontrhoro college, n innn who
Hi in?? lo lmve inherited hit uncle???s talents,
tow Inmithcft the figures that our people
Hint. Mrs. Arp get* many almanacs from
all sorts of advertisers, but sho h mgs none
by the mantle but Grier???*. Tho sumc picture
ot a dist mbowejfd man in still upon the title
page with all tho twelve signs of the zoj oi,
and the has the same tail!) iu tho goat and tbe
fishes and the Jfon and always plants boots
when the signs ore in tho feet.
1 met nn old school mate there, tho veoer
abb Nut Crawford, who is ,-till denying hi.
thice score yiai*Hud ten, and assuming youth-
lul with. Ja.-k Ileidirtou went to vcbool with
uk ti o and Jack declares that Nut was forty
year*old when he first came to aclioul, which
win- more thou forty year* ago. Nat wua nn
old l" y then and! led nn* and Jack astray into
muny a little nmchai-f. Not ia a patriarch
new, and b??* long since outmarried himself
and kh* a thick cl good children and a boy at
college ai d hut-Kuly no oeeusion for denying
his age. He say* ho is not near bo old as Sena
tor Barksdale, whom JL met at Lincoluton, n
spit ndid type of the southern gentteman and
n widower and whom Nut told me, confl-
detially, was now dr. wing mighty fine and
shoving mighty clean and pretending he
WKsn???t huttiity years old.
1 remember when Nut whispered to mo and
Jp??k Henderson thst there was aoruo mighty
nice melons in Frank Alexander*# cottou
patch. And so went round through the
wood* and got over tho fence and (looped and
(quitted along tho rows until we found u few
and puHcd thini uud curried ttierii???away and
a b?? ut tho time We had opened them uud found
Ibtrn green, Mr. Alexander stepped up behind
u* and says he, ???Iters, I do think you are the
I oorett judges ot melons I ever saw. You
can???t tell a green oue from a ripo eae. Now
t unc along with me and I???ll find you dome j
ripe one* lor 1 know tin re are some in the
patch.??? And we went along feeling a.i mean
an an egg-tucking dog, end be thumped them
end linked at the cutU and pulled three and
pave them to us and went otr to tho corner of
the fence in the gra??* ami helped us eat them
and w hen we got through any# he, ???Now,boys,
whtti y. u want meh>ua just onme-to m-i and
i'll go with you for there is not much satisfac
tion in eating green one*.???
Veil, I always loved that man and I
wouldn???t have stolen another melon out his
patoR ter a thousand dollar*. He whipped us
with kindness end I've always thought it was
the very best way. Well, it was a delightful
meeting between Nat Crawford and me. Fortv
yearn had rolUd over us since last wo met aud
we would.not have known each other, for An
no Domini ha* been at work nixm m and
made havee with our youth???Anno Domini
will tell. Judge Harroll said last night that
he hcd forgotten how old he was but that
when a youth of fourteen he tell in love with
a sweet pretty lass of fifteen and liked to have
died over it when abe moved away and he had
not seen or heard of her for nearly forty years
and last week he got a nice letter from her
enlitig him to vote for her grandson ter ao-
licitt r general. Well, he will do it I reckon.
1 think he ought to ter sbe has done her dntv.
according to the 'Scripture. She haa multi
plied and he hasent. Bill Air.
H* Helped Himself,
???Uhat's this???? demanded the recorder, ???lar-
otuyr*
??????Yes, your honor,??? replied tbe office???.
???'Vh??t bare yen loeayfatked the judge, fazing
???terefy n rtc nrcson.r.
. -S*:*!*:-: S'* 1 ?* the ???low answer, ???except I
f f r / tbli-k it s rlcbt to jerk a man up who U tel*
towtr a the te chlnre of the Bible." 1
* ^ ttl teuicu???ar pvMiee were you going by????
???111V???iprlt rererelr,-which
??' \t. * J> ??? br, r* Uw *ba help, tbat-
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