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THE CONSTITUTION.
VOJL XVII.
ATLANTA. GA. TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 80 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
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The leading topics of this week's issue are:
T-ALMAGE???S SERMON
'"CJIRI8TMA8 IN AMERICA."
"A Piecs op Land." by Joel Chandler Harris.
???A Mountain Mystjcby.??? Story ol a North
Carolina mountain.
???Ciikikdus Cheek," sa passed here and else-
White.
???The Dbiftixo Snow." a terrible avalanche
??? Fprrads over the west
???Hek Majesty???s Income." What it costs Eug
ts qitr ???
?? iV
doing and say ire.
??????The Nf.w Orleans Exposition" ???Bill Aitr'
Lfiti.b. .
???'The Romance of Owl Hollow," by Betsey Ham*
A Christmas Dream.
THE STABUOUT OF BETHLEHEM.
I dream of a tiiqe when the world shall bo
Rcstorid to its ancient purity;
Yilvn another Eden, serene and blest,
In tbc light of eternal day shall rest,
When Its pastures green and its waters still,
* Mountain and valley, and river and hill,
Its gentle glades and Its meadows broad,
Shall gleam again in the smile of God.
I dream of a time when the wrong shall fall,
And tbo right and the good reign over all;
When the gentle word and the kindly deed
8hall come like balm to the hearts that bleed;
When the leper shall wait at the pool no more,
Nor Lszsros starve at the rich man???s door;
I dream of a time when the slave???s sad cry
Shall change to an anthem of liberty;
When Into his sorrowful life shall come
The bliss at the new millennium;
When ligbtshsll illume his desolate prison.
And the slumber be broke and the sleeper arisen,
And all through the ages his jubilant song
Bing eut the glad triumph of right over wrong.
In ??? peaking the name, but in dolar tho will;
When batted shall vanish and calumny end,
And msn find in man but a brother and friend.
When heart shall with heart in full sympathy
meet,
And all bow* in love at tbeNazarene's feet.
Thank God that the starlight of Bethlehem
Still shines through themfstof humanity's di
That all thiough the ages the angels again
Announce the glad tidings of peace unto mer
Thank God for the mercy encompassing all,
Bor the love watching even the sparrows that fall
And tho promlso that stauds as it ever has stood;
That tho earth shall be filled with the glory of God
A PIECE OF LAND,
BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.
(Copyrightedall rights reserved.)
Tho history of Pinetucky District in Put-
Ham county Is preserved in tradition only, but
its records are not less savory on that account.
The if Uiement has dispersed and disappeared;
and the sito of it Is owned and occupied by a
busy little man, who wears oyeglasses and a
bob-tailed cqat, and who is breeding Jersey
cattle and experimenting with ensilage. It is
A '' well for this littlo man???s peace of mind that
tho dispersion was an accomplished fact before
he made his appearance. The Jersey cattle
would bavo been wifiked at, and the silo ro
_ . gorded as an object of, curiosity; but tho oyo-
glasses and tho bob-tailed coat would not have
* been tolerated. But if Pinetuoky had Its pa
culiaritics, it also had its advantages. It was
??? pleased with its situation and surroundings,
. and was not puzzled, as a great many peoplo
have since been, ns to tbo origin of its namo.
In brief, Pinetucky was satisfied with itself. It
was a sparsely settled neighborhood, to be
euro, but the people wero sociable and compar-
atively comfortablo. They could rotnain at
home, so to speak, and attend the militia mus
ters, and they wero iu easy rcaclwof a church-
building which was not only used by oil do
nominations???Methodist, Baptists, aud Pres
byterians???as .a homo of worship, but was
snado to genre as a sehoolhouse. So far as pet
ty litigation was concerned, Squire. Ichabod
Incbly, tho wheelwright, was prepared to
bold justice-court in the opon air in front of
his shop when the weather was fine, and In
any convenient placo when the woather was
foul. ???Gentlemen,??? bp would say, whon a
case came beforo him, ???I???d a heap ruthershoe
a hone or shrink a tire; yet if you will hsvo
the law, I???U try and temper it wi??? jestlce.???
Yet.it should be said that tho man least
respected by the Pinetuckians was tho man
least gossiped about. This was Bradley Gal
ther, ibe richest man in tho neighborhood.
???With few exceptions, all tho rfnetuckians
owned land ana negroes; but Bradloy Gaither
owned more land and more negroes than tho
most of them put togother. Ho man, to all
appearances, led a more correct lite than
Bradley Gaither. IIo had was first at church
and the last to leave; he even affected a sort of
personal interest in politics; but the.knackof
addressing himself to tho respect aud estaom
of his neighbors he lacked altogether. He was
not parsimonious, but, as Hquire Incbly ex.
-pmstd it, ???narrer-winded in mouoy-raat-
terr.??? If people mode bad bargains
when they traded with him???and ho
allowed them to make no other kind???they
must stand or fall by thorn. Where his laud i
joined those of his neighbors, thero was al
ways ???a lane for tho rabbits,??? as the saving
is. lie would join fences with none of them.
Indeed, he was a surly noighbor, though he
. did not even suspect the fact.
He had one weaknees???a greed for land.
If he drove hard bargains, it was for the pur-
]>o??a of adding to bis landed possessions. Ho
over worked and underfed his negroes in order
that he might buy more laud. Day and night
he toiled, and planned, and pinch'd himself
and the people around him to gratify his land
hanger.
Bindley Gaither bad one redeeming fea
ture,???bis daughter IUse. For the sake of this
daughter, Pinetucky waa 1 * willing to forgive
him a great many things. 1 To say that Rue
Gaither was charmiog or lovely, and leave tho
malUr there, would ill become even the cai-
??? ual historian of Pinetucky. She was lovely,
but h< r loveliness was of the rare kind that
shots itself in strength of character as well
ss in beauty of form and feature. In Unap
preciative eyes of the Pinctnckians she seem
ed to Invest womanhood with a new nobility,
fete pqrseised dignity without vanity, and her
crtdi r w??s tempered by a rare sweetness that
??? won oil hearts. flhe carried with her that
mysterious fiav r of romance that belongs t>
??? tLe jerfection of youth and beauty; and there
. arc old men ia BrckvHIc to-day, sittiag in
tLc ruitfcir.c os the street errner* aud dream-
irg <f the jfitt, whose cvm will kindle with
iLliiUMcsm at mention of Rose Gaither???s
??? name.
Dot in 1640 Bradley Gaither???s brditifal
dtughtf r wsa net ty any weans tho only rep-
.rrsentative of woman kind in Pinetucky.
There wsi Mils Jsne Incbly, logo no farther.
Miss Jsre was Squire fnrbly???s maiden sisters
and though she was neither fat nor fair, she
was forty. Perhaps she wes m??ra than forty;
but if she waa fifty she was not ashamed of it.
She had a keen aye and a sharp tongue, and
used both with a freedom befitting her sex aud
her experience.
Squire Inchly???s house waa convenient to his
shop; and just opposite lived the Carews, fath
er and son, onco the most prosperous and
prominent family in tho neighborhood. It
was tho custom or Pinetucky to take a half
holiday on Saturdays, and on one of these oc
casions Squire Inchly, instead of going to his
ehop or to tho store, sat on his porch and
smoked his pipe. After awhile Miss Jane
brought out her sewing and sat with him.
Across tho way, Uncle Billy Carew sat in his
oasy-chair under the shade of a tree, and made
queer gestures In the air with hit hands and
cane, while his son, a young man of about
twenty-five or thereabouts, paced moodily up
and down tho veranda. Tho birds fluttered
in and out of tho hedgea of Cherokee rose that
ran along both sides of the road, and over all
the tun shone brightly.
???Billy is-cutin??? up his antics ag???in,??? said
the Squire finally. ???First the Itnibs give way,
and then the mind. It???s Providence, 1 reckon.
We???re all a-getiin* old.???
???Why, you talk, Ichabod, as if
Providence went arouad with a
drink of dram in ono hand and a stroke
of palsy in t???other one,??? said Miss Jane. ???It's
the Old Foy that totes the dram. And don???t
you pester yourself on account of old Billy
Carew???s palsy. A man???s nitnblo enough iu
the legs when he can git to tho dimmy-john.???
???Well, I???m sorry for Jack, Sister Jane,??? ex
claimed the Squire, heartily. ???I am, from
tho bottom of my heart. Tho boy is too lone
some in his ways. Ho needs comp???ny; ho
needs to be holp up, Sister Jano. He does,
certain and shore.???
???Well, wc???ro all near-sighted; but when I???m
in trouble, I???m like a hen n-layin???; I don???t
want nobody to stand around and watch mo.
Not even them that feeds mo. Tho Lord knows
what he keeps old Billy Carew hero to fret
poor Jack for, but I don???t,??? continuod Miss
Jane with a sigh. ???I???m much mistaken if
that old creetur hnin???t got years before him to
drink end dribblo in.???
???It puses me, Sister Jane,??? said Squiro
Inchly, moving uneasily iu his chair. ???It
passes me, certain and shore. Hero was Billy,
rich and healthy, Jack at college and ftvor???-
thing a runnin??? slick and smooth, when noth
in??? must do but the old creetur must tako to
the jug, and it???s gone on and gone on, till old
Bradley Gaither owns in-about all the Carow
plantation tfiat???s wuth ownin???, Maybe it was
Billy???s wife driv him to it. Sister Jane.???
???1 say the word I??? exclaimed Miss Jano, sor
rowfully,??????I soy the word I IIow could a lit
tle bit of a dried-up ???om&n drive a grown man
to drink????
???They are a heap livelier than they look to
be, Sister Jane,??? said the Squiro, reassuring
ly. Littlo as she was, I lay Billy Carew???s wife
bad her say.???
???Well,??? said Miss Jano, ???a mouie???U squeal
if you tromple on it.???
Squire Inchly had a jovial appearanro or
dinarily; but when he found it necessary to
wrestle with the moral problems that tho sharp
tongue of his sister presented to his mind, he
was in the habit of putting on his spectacles,as
if by that means to examine them m wo im
partially. He put his spectacles on now, and
with them a severe judicial frown.
.???That???s the trouble, Sister Jano,???that's tho
trouble,??? he said after awhilo, ???Tho mouse???ll
squeal and squeal, but whero???s tho man that
ever???got uso toicch squealin???????
???Don???t pester the mouse then,??? said Miss
Jano, sententiously.
???Old Bradley Gaither,??? remarked the Squire,
showing a disposition to wander away from a
dangerous discussion,??????Old Bradley Gaithor
ain???t only got mighty nigh all the Carow nlan-
tation, but he???s hot arter tho balanco of it.
Last sale-day, ho took mo ofTbobind tho court
house, and, says ho,???
??? 'Square,??? says he, ???I???d like mighty woll for
to git that Carow <dsM,??? soys hoj
???'Why, Mr. Gaither,??? soys I, .'you've- in-
about got all now,* says I.
??? ???Squaro Ichabod,'says ho, 'it???s only a mat
ter of two hundred acres or thereabouts, and it
cuts right spang into my plantation,???says he.
??? ???Well/ says I, *two hundred acres hain???t
much, yit arter all it???s a piece of land,??? says
ii 'Thti???p so,'says ho, 'but I want that !and {
and I???m willin??? for to pay reasonable. 1 wanl
you to buy it for me, Snuare,* says ho.
???Bight across from where wo sot,??? tho Squire
continued, taking off his spectacles, ???old Billy
Carew was a cullin??? up and slngin* his world-
ly-rcmindcd songs, and Jack was a-tryin??? for
to git him off homo.
??? ???Mr. Gaither,??? says I, 'do you want to
crowd that poor old creetur out???n the country?*
says I. 'And look at Jack; you won???t find a
better-favored younstcr,' says I.
???1 disrememuer what ho said,??? tho Squiro
went on; ???but when I named Jaokhe pucker
ed up them thin lips of his???n liko ho was for-
. ifym??? his mind ag???in anger. I didn???t lit on
1 [bout Itoso and Jack, Sister Jane, but I reck
on Mr. Gaither bad got his suspicions. No
doubt ho has got his suspicions, Sister Jano.???
???Ichabod,??? said Miss Jane, scratching her
head with the long teeth of a tuoking-comb,
???you???re too old to be mado a tool of. Let old
Bradley Gaither do his own buyin??? and soilin???*
That old scamp is deep aa a well. Them that
didn???t know hirn???d think ho was sanctified; yit
he???s got devilment'enough in him to break
tbo winders out???n tho meetin'-houae. Wclljfi '
he needn???t pester wi' Jack and Itoso,??? Miss
Jane went on; ???Jack???ll marry Rose whiles
old Billy Carew is hoppin* along betwixt the
grocery and graveyard. Lord, Lord I to think
that scch a no-???count old creetur as that
should bo a-ha???ntin* the face ol the earth!???
???He took to fiddlin??? and drinkin??? arter ho
was fifty year old,??? remarked the Squire.
???Yes, and tho property he hain???t drunk up,
he???s fiddled away, till now he hain???t got noth
in??? ,but a paaael of half-free niggers and a lit
tle pieco of land, and old Bradley Gaithor is
hongry for that. And that ain???t all,??? exclaim
ed Miss Jane, solemnly; Jack is ruined, and
Bote is distracted.???
???Ah I??? said the Squiro.
???Yes,??? said Miss Jane. ???Troubled* always
double and tribble. Rose was here fast Tues
day, and she sot by tho wiuder there and
watched Jack all tbe tiraosho stayed.
??????That's what I call couitanip at long
taw,* s??? I.
??????Yes. Mies Jane,* se'she, 'it is,and I'm in
great deal of trouble about Jack. I under
stand him, but bo don't understand me,??? so*
she. 'He???s mad because my father loaned his
father money and then took land to pay for
It. But I???d marry Jack,* se???she,'if only to
give him hil land back.' ( ,
???I declare!??? Bliss Jane continued, ??????twould
melted airy heart in the universe to see
that child blushin* and cryin*. I went and
stood by her and put my arms around her,
and I says to her, s' I,???
??? 'Don???t you fret, honey, don???t you fret. Old
Billy Carew Is fall of capers and vain bah-
blin's,??? s'l, 'and your pappy ia puffed up by
his fleshly mind: but tho Almighty, he???s a-
wstchia??????cra. He???ll fetch ???em up wi??? a round
turn,* s??? I; 'He knows how to deal wi??? un
reasonable and wicked men.* 1 said them
very words.???
???Saint Paul said ???em before you, 8iatcr Jane,
but you said ???em right,???you said ???em right,???
exclaimed Squire Inchly, heartily.
???Well, I don???t set uj< to judge nobody, but I
don???t need no spyglass for to see what???s/right
???i front of my face/??? said Bliss Jane.
Thus the*?? two oid people sat and talked
about tho affairs of their friends and neighbors.
Affairs ir. which they might be iiid to have
almost a personal interest. The conversation
tinned to other matters; but across the way
they saw enacted some of the preliminaries
&nd acc-rmpM irr.cnts of a mysterious compli
cation that finally became os distressing and
as <ii* action* as a tragedy.
Old Biily Carew continued to gesticulate
with his cene and to talk to himself. Ho de
sired no other audience. Pne moment he
would be convulsed with laughter; then he
would draw himscll up proudly, wave his
bsnd im)*riou*ly ( end seam to be laying down
a proposition that demanded great deliberation
ot thought and accuracy of expression. After
ewhile bis ion, apparently growing tired of
the humiliating spectacle, left his father to
himtelf, and went over to Squire Inchly???s.
Jack Carew was a great favorite with tho
Squire and his sister. Miss Jane had potted
h-m as a boy; indeed, after tho death of his
own mother, she had maintained towards him
the relatioflopf a foster-mother. His instinct
had told hiii^oven when a child, that the as
perity of Miss Inchly was merely tho humor
ous mask of a gentle and sensitive heart.
As he flung himself wearily in the chair
which Bliss Jane had been quick to provide,
ho seemed, notwithstanding his dejection, to
be a very handsome specimen of manhood.
His hair was dark, his eyes large and lustrous,
his nose straight and firm, and his chin
square and energetic. Ilis face was smooth-
shavep, and but for the glow of health fn his
cheeks, bis complexion would have been sal
low.
???Father has gone to tho legislaturea gain,???
he said with a faint apologetic smile aad a
motion of tho hand toward tbe sceno of the
old man???s alcoholic eloquence.
???Well,??? said Bliss Jane, soothingly, ???he
bain???t the first poor creetur that???s flung his
welfare to tbe winds. The Old Boy???s mighty
busy in these days, but the Almighty hain???t
deed yit, I reckon, and he???ll come along tho-
rcckly and set things to rights.???
The young man???s faco grow gloomy as ho
looked cccroes the way at his homestead. The
house was showing signs of neglect, and tho
fences were falling away here and there. Tho
jaggedsplintcrsoratall oak whoso top had
been wrenched off by a storm were outlined
against tbc sky, and an old mad babbled aud
dribbled near by. On tho hither sido the
Cherokee roses bloomed and tho birds sang. It
erenud ns if some horrible nightmare had
thrust itself between Jack Carew and tho sweet
dtesms of his youth.
???I trust you arc right, Miss Jane,??? said
Jack, after a long pause; ???but Ho will have to
come toon if no sets my affairs to rights.???
???Don???t git down-bearted, Jack,??? exclaimed
Miss Jane, laying her hand upon tho young
man???s arm with a motherly touch. ???Them
that's big-hearted and broad shouldered bain???t
got much to Lo afear???d of in this world. Have
you forgot Rose GoitUer, Jack????
???I haven't forgotten Bradley Gaither,??? said
Jack, frowning darkly, ???and I wan???t forgot
him in a day, you may depend. Bradley
Gaither is at tho bottom of all the inisory you
.see there.??? Tho young man mado a gesture
that included tho wholo horizon.
???Ah, Jack!??? exclaimed Miss Jane, sol men
rudiments of tho world, but tho timo w??s
when you???d kindle up at the bare mention of
Rose Gaither???s name.???
???Shall I tell you tho truth, Bliss Jano????
ntked Jack Carew, turning to Miss Inchly
with a frank, but bashful smile.
???You???ve nover failed to do that, Jaok', when
tho pinch come.???
???well, this is tho pinch, then. But for Rose
Gaither I should have sold out hero when I
first found how matters stood. I could oosily
eell out now???to Bradley Gaither.??? j
???That???s so, Jaqk. you could,???* said Squire
Inchly, who had been a sympathetic listener.
???Yes, sir, you could; thero ain???t no two ways
hnnttnat."
won???t,??? continued
afraid sbo has forgotten mo. She has changod
greatly.???
???You look in the glass,??????said Miss Jane
with a knowing toss of tho head, ???an ! you'll
seo whero the ennugo Is. Roso was hero fUJ-or
day. and sho stood right in that roon-.*i2liV
- bdr.udtVLUTiUizmcarcurtain^. I wish???JtT
I shan???t tell the poor child's secrets. I???ll any
this: the next time you sco Roco Gaithor a-
Dassin* by, you raise your hat and toll- hor
howdy, and you'll git tbo swoctoit smiio that
ever man got.???
???Bliss June 1??? exclaimed Jack Carow, ???you
aro the best woman itf tho world.???
???Except one, I reckon.??? said Miss Zane,
dryly.
Jack Carow rose- from his chair, and
???Heightened himself to his full, heigth. He
was a new man. Youth and hope rekindled
their flrAs in his eyes. The flush of enthusi
asm revisited bis face. ???
???I feel ){ko a now man; I am n new man I???
he exclaimed. Then ho glanced at tho pitiful
figure, maundering and sputtering occross tho
way. ???I am going home,??? ho went on, ???and
put father to bed and nurso him and tako caro
cf him just ns if???well, just ns if I was his
mother.??? * *
???Tbo Lord '11 love you for it, Jack,??? said
Miss Jane, ???nod so???ll Rose Gaither. Whon
evcr'tbing else happens ??? sho continued sol
omnly, ???putyour trust In the Lord, and don???!
have no miidfouts of Rose.???
Jack Carow visited tho Incblys almost
daily; yctlf he had postponed the , visit,* tho
purport of w hich has been given above, the
probability is that he would bavo been spared
much suffering; on tho other hand, ho would
have missed much happiness that came to him
at a time of life when ho w as bost prepared to
appreciate it. He had dctermlnea in his own
mind to sell the littlo land and the few negroes
he had saved from the wreck his' father???s ex ???
travsgence had madq; ho had determined to
sell these, and slip away with hia father to a
new life in tho west; but his conversation with
Miss Jane gave him new hope aad courage,
so that when Bradley Gaither, a few weeks
afterwards, offered to buy the Carew place for
two or three times volue, ho received a curt
and contemptuous message of refusal.
Young Carew was high-strung and sensitive
even as a boy, and event* had only served to
develop these trait. When he was compelled
to Isaac college to take charge of bis father???s
affairs, be felt that his name was disgraced
forever. Ife found, however, that all who had
known him were anxious to hold up his
hands, and to give him such support as one
friend is prepared to glvo another. If tbe
Pinetuckions were simple-minded, they were
also sympathetic. There was something gra
cious as well as wholesome in their attitude.
1 ho men somehow succeeded in Impressing
him with a vague idea that they haa passed
through just such troubles in thoir young
dajs. The idea was encouraging, and Jack
Carew made the most of it.
But he never thought of Rose Gaither with
out a sense of deepest humiliation. He bad
loved Rose when they were school-children
together, but his passion had now reached
such proportions that he deeply resented the
fact tnst hie school-boy love had been so care
less axd shallow a feeling. Fow that circum
stances had placed her beyond his reach, he
regretted that his youthful love experience
wes not worthier of the placo it held in his re
membrance. He could forgtt that Rose
Goitber waa tbe daughter of the man to whom
he attributed his troubles, but.be could never
forget that he bfmselt was tbe son of a man
wfcote-weaknrss bad found him out at an age
when manhood ought to have made Aim
strong.
Still, Jack Carew made the most of a bad
situation. Ife bad tbe courage, the endurance
end the hopefulness of youth. He faced bis
perplexities with at least tbe appearance of
jood humor; and if he had his moments of de-
| sir, when the skeleton in tbe jug in the
Jcut paraded in public, Pens tacky never sus
pected it. Tho truth is, while Pinetucky was
ympsthetic and neighborly, ft was not fn*
^liiitd to make a great fuss over those who
took a dram too much now and then. Intern-
) ersnee was an evil, to be sure; but even fa-
temperance had iu humorous side in those
days, and Pinetucky was apt to look at the
Ln me reus side.
One fine morning, - however, Pinctusky
awcke to the fact that it sral tbe center and
seen* of a decided sensation. Rumor pulled
on her bonnets and boots, and went gadding
about like mad. Pinetucky was astonished,
then perplexed, then distressed, and finally
xdignsnt; as became a conservative ond morel
community. A littlo after sunrise, Bradley
Gaither had galloped up to Squire Inehly r ??
door with the information that two bales of
cotton had been stolen from his place tho night
beforo.
The facts, as set forth by Bradloy Gaither,
wero that he had twelve bales of cotton ready
for market. The twelve bales had been loaded
upon thre wagons, and the wagons wero
start for Augusta at daybreak. At tho last
moment, when everything was ready, tho
teams harnessed and the drivers in their scats,
it was discovered that two bales of the cotton
were missing. Fortunately, it had rained
during tbo night, and Bradley Gaither had
waited until it was light enougn to make an
investigation. He found that a wagon had
been driven to his packing-scrow. He saw,
moreover, that but one wagon hod passed along
the road after tho rain, and it was an easy mat<
ter to follow the tracks.
The fact of the theft had surprised Squire
Inchly, but tbe details created consternation in
his mind. Tho tracks of tho wagon led to tbo
Carew place l Squiro Inchly was prompt with
a rebuke.
???Why, you???vo woke up wi??? a joko iu your
mouth, Mr. Gaither. Now that you???vo spit it
???out, let???s start fresh. A spiteful ioko boforo
breakfus??? ???ll make your flesh crawl artor sup
per, Mr. Gaither.???
Squiro Iucbly sl
magistrate. Bradley Gaither???s thin lips grow
thinner as ho smiled.
???I???m as serious ns the thives that stole ray
cotton, Squire Inchly,??? he said.
???Two wholo bales of cotton in theso days is
a heavy loss.???* said tho squire, reflectively. '
a mrav/ moa. cum vuu D<|iuru, ruuucuvoty.
hope you???ll ketch the iuconsiderato partiei
the larceny.???
???Hyou will go with me, squire, we???ll call
by for Brother Gossett and Colonel Hightower,
and if I???m not mistaken we???ll find tho cotton
not far from hero.???
???Well, sir,??? said tbo squire, indignantly,
???you won't find it on the Carew place. I???ll
go wi??? you aud welcome. We don't need no
search warrant.???
Tho long and tho short of it was that tho cot
ton was found concealed in Jaok Cni'bw???s rick
ety barn under a pile of fodder. Of thoso who
joined Bradley Gaither in the search, not one
believed that the cotton would be found on the
Carew placo; and some of them had ovon gone
so far as to suegest to B(r. Gaither that his sus-
E irioni had been fathered by his prejudices;
ut that injured individual merely smiled his
cold littlo smile and declared that thero could
be no harm in following tno wagon tracks.
This was rcasosonable enough; aud tho result
was that not only was tho cotton found, but
tbe wagon standing under tho shelter and two
mules at the trough in tho lot, showed slgus
ol having been lately used.
Theso tli mgs so shocked thoso who had gono
with Mr. Bradley Gaither that thoy had little
to fay. They stood confounded. They could
noi'succcssfully dispute tho evidence of their
eyes.
They wero simple-minded men, and there
fore sympathetic. Each ono Jolt ashatnod.
They did not look into each other???s eyos aud
give utterance to expressions of ostonishmont.
They said nothing; butoach one, with tho ex
ception of Bradley Gaither, fell into a stato of
mental confusion akin to awe. When Bradley
Gaithor, with an air of triumph, askod them
if thoy wero satisfied, they said nothing, but
turned and walkod away ono after tho othor.
They turned and walked away and wont to
their homes; and somehow, after that, though
tbo sun sbono as brightly and' tho birds flut
tered and sang as joyously, a silonco fell upon
Pinetuoky,???a silonco full of austerity.
Tbo men talked In subdued tones whon they
i though they expected thoJuctlcoto
aisciwiree one oflier thunderbolts ut their foot
m.J ihnwiiMi wantIWut thoir dutii.., ivitli
(legrco of nervousness that was aptly deserili
cd by Min Jano inchly long afterwards whon
reciting tho experiences of that most momora
ble duy in tbo history of Pinotucky. ???I lot t
sifter drop out???n my hand.??? said sho, ???and I
diclnro to gracious If it didn???t sound like a
con non had went off.???
In all that neigbbordood tho Carows, father
and ion, bad but ono accuser, and not ono
apologist. Pinetuoky existed in a primitive
period, as wo aro in tho habit olbolioving
now, and its people wero simplo-mindod poo
pie. In this age of progress and culturo mor
ality and justico aro arrayed in many refino
nientN of speech and thought. Thoy liayo
been readjusted, so fo sneak, by silence; but
in Pinetucky in tbo forties, morality and jus
tico were ns robust and as sovero os thoy aro
in tho Bible.
H was not until after the machinery of Jus
tico had been sot in motion that Pinetutky
allowed itself to comment on the case; but
the comment was justified by tbo peculiar
conduct of tbe Carews. When they wore con
fronted with tho facts,???the cotton concealed
in the barn and tho warrant in tho hands of
tho sheriff,-old Billy Carew fell a-trombling
aa though ho had tho palsy. Jack had turned
pale as death, and had made a movement to
ward Bradley Gaither as though to offer vio
lence; but when he saw bis rather shaking
to, tho color returned to his face, and he ex
claimed quickly,???
???Tbo warrant is for rao alone, Bfr. Sheriff.
Pay no attention to father. He is old, and his
mind is weok.???
???He???s a linr!?????? the old man screamed, when
Lo found his voice. ???He???s a miserable liarl
Ho never stolo that cotton. Don???t tetcb him I
d< n???t you dast to (etch him i He???ll lie to you,
but he won???t steal your eotton t Put my name
In that warrant. Bradley Gaither stole my
money and .land; I reckon I???ve got tbo rights
to steal hia cotton.???
???He???s drunk again,??? said Jack. ???We???ll
carry him in tbc house, and then I???ll be ready
to go with you.???
But the old roan was not carried to tho housd
without a reene. Ife raved, and scroamed,
and swore, and finally fell to tbe ground in a
fit of impotent rage, protesting to the last that
Jack was a liar. When those who wore pres
ent had been worked up to the highest pitch
of excitement, Bradley Gaither spoke.
???Don???t criminate yourself. Jack. I am
willing to drop this matter.??? He appeared
to be greatly agitated.
???Drop what matter???? exclaimed young Ca
rew in a passion. ???I faavc a matter with you,
sir. that won???t be dropped.???
???Go your ways, then,??? laid Bradley Gaith-
eg; ???'I've done my duty.??? With that he
mounted his horse, and Jack Carew waa left
in the hands of the sheriff.
The machinery ot tbe law was notasdidleul
to set in motion in those days as ft is now.
There was no delay. Pinetucky was greatly
interested in tho trial, and during the two
days of its continuance delegations of Pine-
tuckisns were present as spectators. Borne of
there, were summoued to testify to the good
charactcrOf young Carew, and this they did
with a simplicity that was Impressfvs; but
neither their testimony nor the efforts of the
distingufthed counsel for the defence. Colonel
Peyton Poindexter, had any effect. The facta
and tbe tacit admissions of Jack were against
him. Colonel Poindexter's closing speech was
long remembered and Indeed is alluded to
even cow, ss the most eloquent and impres
sive ever delivered in the courtboost in Rock
ville; but it failed to on vines tbe jury. A
verdict in accordance with the fact* and tes
timony was brought iu, and Jack Carew was
sentence to serve a term iu tho penitentiary
at Btilledgeville.
Tho first to bring this information to Pine
tucky was Bradley Gaither himself. He
???topped at fc*quire Inchly's for bis daughter,
and went in.
???What's tbe news???? asked Miss Jane.
???Bad, very bed news,??? said Bradley Geith-
I ???Jack ein't hung, I reckon,??? slid Miss
Jane, ???my mind tells me, day and night,
that the poor boy is innocent as tbe child
that???s nnborn.???
???Innocent or guilty,??? said Bradley Gaither,
???ho baa been sent to tbe penitentiary.???
Bliss Jsno give a quick glsnoa at Rose, and
was just in time to catch her as sho fell from
her chair.
???Ah, poor child!??? cried Miss Jane, ???her
heart is broke I???
???Rose 1???Daughter {???Darling l??? exclaimed
Bradley Gaither, dropping on his knoes be
side her. ???Ob, what Is this? What have I
done? Speak to her, Bliss Incbly. What
shall I do???? Ho was pale as death, and his
features worked convulsively.
???Do nothin???, Mr. Gaither. You???vo dono
more???n you can undo a???rflady. You???vo took
and give that poor boy over for to be persecu
ted, Mr. Gaither, aud now the innocent suf
fers and tho wicked goes scotch-free.???
Bradley Gaither covered his face with his
bands and groaned aloud.
???What bavo I dono? What have I done?
he cried.
Bliss Jane supported the girl in her strong
arms with o grim display of affection, but her
attitude towards Bradley Gaither was uncom
promising.
???Don???t alarm yoursolf, BIr. Gaither,??? sho
said; ???this poor child???ll coino round quick
enough. Folks dont fling off their misery this
eaayl???
Rose revived aftor awhile, butshescomod
to have no desire to talk to hor father. Aftor
a copious use of camphor, Bliss Jano fixed tho
S ???rl comfortably ou tho loungo, and sho lay
ero and gazed at tbo coiliug, tho picturo of
wide eyed dispair. Bradloy Gaither paced
tho floor liko ono distracted. His sighs wero
heart-rending. When Miss Jano succoodod
in getting him out of the room, ho paced up
and down tho entry, moving his lips and
sronning as though fh great mental agony.
Failing to understand what emotions ho was
at tho mercy of, Miss Jano failed to sympa
thize with him. To her mind, his display of
grief boro no sort of proportion to the cause,
mid sho had a woman???s contempt for any man
ifestation of weakness in man, oven tho weak
ness oi grief.
???I'll pray to the Lord to forgive mot??? bo
cried out piteously.
???That???s right,* r exclaimed Bliss Jano in hor
dcrisivo way. ???But if the grace of pra???r was
in the hinges of tho kneo, I know a hoap of
folks that???d be mighty easy in tho mind.???
Every word she spoke cut like a knife, but
not until long aftor did Bliss Inohly realise
tho fact. When sbo did realise it, it is to bo
feared sho hugged tho remembrance of It to
her bosom with a sort of grim thankfulness
that Providcnco had so happily fashioned her
words and directed her tongue.
As timo passed on. tho Pinetuckians became
aware that a groat change had come ovor both
Bradley Gaither and his daughter. Tho fathoi
grew old before his time, and foil Into a do-
clino. os his neighbors expressed it. The
daughter grow moro beautiful, but It was
beauty of a kind that - belongs to devoutness;
so that, In contemplating it, the minds of men
wero led in the direction of moroy and charity
and all manner of good deeds.
One night, a year or more after tho trial,
and sentenco of Jack Carow, a nogro on horse
back rode to- Square Inchly???a door, aud said
that his master, Bradley Gaither, dcslrod tho
Squire to como to him at onco. Tho worthy
magistrate was prompt to oboy tho summons;
mm when ho orrivou at tho Gaithor placo, ho
fouud that tho preacher and othor noigiibors
had alio been summoned. Bradloy Gaithor
lay upon his bed, surrounded by these, aud it
was plain to sco tbnt hia snmls of life had
nearly run out. Ho presented aspectacloof
dissolution calculated to arouso tho sympathies
ol thoso who stood around his bod.
After Equiro Inchly arrived, Bradloy Gaith
er lay n littlo whilo with lih eyes Hoiod m in
a dream. Thon ho motionod to his daughter,
who drew from bouoatli bis pillow a tow sheets
of letter-paper, stained and blotlod with ink.
Tlies?? she handed to the ininintcr.
???Reed it aloud,??? said Bradloy Gaither. Tho
minister, with some dogreo of otnbarrawmont,
adjusted bin spectacles and road:???
???With this lottor will bo found my last will
and testament. I am unhappy, but I should
bo less miserable if I know I could put such
meaning in thoso lidos as no man could mis
understand. I have slnnod against an inno
cent man, I havo sinned against my dear
daughter, I havo sinned against myself, I havo
siuned against God. I havo boon guilty ot a
great wrong, and though I cannot fergivo my-
f-elf, yet I hope to bo forgiven. Johu Carew,
who Is now in prison, is an innocent man. I
coveted his land. In my worldly-mludod-
ness, set my heart upon his possessions. I
often d him doubla their vniuo. I thought ho
fruited with contempt, and llwn I hit up m u
plan lo drive him mil. I ranted tho rott m to
his l am Mid hid it. He knew no more about
it than snv honest mnn. But, os God is my
judge. I did not foresco the end. I thought ho
wcuid compromise ninl sell tho land and go
away. At tbo last tho law took tho matter
out of my hands. John Carow bollovos Hint
ho is suffering punishment In placo of his fath
er; but William Carow is as honosta9his
ton, and no man could be honcstor than that.
J, Bradley Gaitber, being in my right mind
and of sound memory, do hcrohy chnrgo my
self with the crime lor which John Carow has
been adjudged guilty. Let tho disgrace of it
be attache ato tno alone. The siu of it I hopo
a merciful God will forgive.???
This document was duly assi^hed and wit
nessed. When tho preacher reached tho end
he said, ???Let ns pray;??? and whilo that pray
er, ns fervent as simplicity could make It, was
ascending heavenward, tbo soul of Bradloy
Gaither took Us flight.
???I glsnced nt him arter the breath left
him.??? said Squiro Incbly, relating tbe facti
to his sister, ???and he looked like a man that
???hook blsaelf free from a heop of worriment.
I hope he???s at peace, I do, from the bottom
of my heart.???
The confession was received with great won
der in Pinetucky; but (hero was not ono
among the l'inetuckisns who did not believe
that Bradley Gaither was a batter man at bot
tom than his life bad shown lifm to be,???not
one, indeed, who did not believo that his
THE POLITICAL MECCA.
Governor Cleveland???* Coming Reception-The Hxeo-
olive Sara Filled With a Carloui Collection
Of Oifto-A Clerk Kept JJaay Reo living
and Retarnlnz Them -0 ther Nowa.
From tho New York World.
Barely two hundred invitations hsvo boon
Issued for the governor???s reception next Tues
day evening. Not a ringlo person from New
York city has been invited, and only a few
from Buffalo and Troy. It will be tho first re
ception at the mansion at which ladies will be
present, and Is tho first at which the presi
dent's bisters, BIrs. Iloyt and Miss Elizabeth
Cleveland, will act as hostesses. The hours
on. tho cards aro from 9 to 12.
Tho snowstorm seems to have cooled the po
litical ardor of tho many who havo felt called
upon to tender their advice to tho incomiog
adminiatiation, and tho exocutivo chamber
looked Ttally lonesome for a timo to day.
Tbcre were no callers of public noto, and tbo
comparatively few every-day visitors got to
see the governor without the customary delay.
There was no excuse to keep thorn waiting,
and the red*headed boy at the door was iu his
worst humor.
The queered place in tho state is Governor
Clevcland/s barn or storeroom. Your corres
pondent was permitted to visit theso quarters
to-day. and n stranger collection of old junk it
would be Impossible to find any whero. Tho
barn is a substantial structure built just baolc
of tho executivo mansion, and during the ad
ministration of moro wealthy governors it was
used for tbe carriages and horses of thoso wor
thies. Governor Cleveland, howovor, doesn???t
keep a team, and since his election to tho
prcnidcucy the vseont barn has been used to
storo the vast collection of miscellaneous pres
ents that come pouring in from ovory quarter
ol the union. Formerly these packages were
delivered at tho executive chambor on tho
Hill, but as they kept constantly increasing
in number and variety ft waa found Impossible
to receivo them thero, so a kind of union depot
wts opened in the bsrn. It keens ono man
busy receiving, arranging and shijiningjiack
tbo packages addressed to the preafdent-oleot.
In spito of tbo fset that the greatest caro is
exercised in finding out who sends tho stuff
and his address, many of the packages romain
unidentified. The governor???s orders aro that
all presento shall bo returned to tho sondor
at once. But as about half tho gifta como
anonymously, It is not so oasy to carry out tho
instructions.
A clerk was busy marking and sondinir away
packages when your correspondent called to
mskoatourof tho placo. The collection of
bald caalca, bicycles, ohairs, desks, brushoa
oral other bric-a-brso would havo put n
Front street junkshop to blush. Yet thoro was
ono marked difference between tbo stock iu
tbo governor???s barn ana tho junkshop. Hero
every articlo was brand now. The oaglo flap-
pod hia wings dolefully in his wooden cage
with an air that told plainly it was tho first
timo ho hud ever been made it idiow of, and
two owls stored in a mournfully knowing way
at tho expressman who was taking things
nwiiy. Not II Hpeek of dint dimmed tho
brightness of tho glittering^ bicyclo that was
I roroptly going back to Boston, and tho rod
pluidi ol n comlortaido nrm chair showed its
newness through tho thin covoring spread
over it. Tim only thing that boro traces of
wear was n barrel covered with country mud
of openings out In tho
staves, through which llio red and mollow
golden of great New York apples showed. A
second oxpresimon was unloading a half bar
rel of c'.ilvr that had just arrived wJimi the
clej k ??Tilight him und told him to wait. A
ci.reful examination showed that it had como
fiom Blnghanipton, N. Y., and without taking
it from tho wagon, a receipt nnd bill of lading
wero mado out and tho stuff shipped book. H:??
it wrnt all day. As fust as ono thing was ro-
lurm <1 a noth* r rnmo in t > take it i plaim, and
tho clerk considered himself lucky if two ar
ticles did not como in placo of evory ono sunt
back.
It is cosy to understand how litnplo couutry
folks fako pleasure in sending littio tokens of
affect ion to tho mnn they honor nnd rogpict
and iu whoso good fortuno they have had a
part. But why theso tokens so often take tho
form of animals is a question that sadly per
plexes tbo poor clerk. Ono mini in Brooklyn
sends n dog, another in Bfaino sands two owls,
a third forwards an engic, n third bolioves
that nothing less than a Maitcso cat will nuka
tin- pn-sidciit happy, white n filth Impel to
win favor by tho presentation of a fawn. If
this sort of thing continues tho barn allichcd
to tbo executivo mansion will soon contniu ??
mcnogorio which will makoour B&rnum hang
his In-ad in him me. Tim pr. .i-lent ????? lent taken
it all good-naturedly, ami ns a huge joko.
Bald ho to-day, laughing ovor tho mat tori
???Somebody out west, I,don't romomber his
name juit now, sent inc'au oaglo tho othor
day. What am I to do with an oaglo? I
Then, musingly
agio, though.???
next.
???s useful as on oaglo.
would bo just
THE BOLD DYNAMirsnS.
which on sli-wlso Providence employs to
chasten tbe proud and humble the vainglorl-
???H.
When Jack Csrew returned to his friends,
he made his way straight to Squire Inchly???s.
He was not much changed, but the sight of
him gave Miss Jane tbe cue for tears. Those,
however, she dried Immediately, and, with a
smile that Jack remembered long,.motioned
toward* the little sitting-room.
???Go fn there. Jack. A man ought.n???t to
grumble at waitin??? for bis dinner if he knows
pie.???
little sitting-room Rote Gaither was
waiting fcr him.
Whom Ignorance Is.ltllss.
From the Piedmont, Gs. # Press.
On last Saturday a man was fn our city from
the wild mountains of North Carolina. Long
flowing curls hung down his back; every
feature of bia face was hidden by tho hair,
which almost completely covered it; hit fin
er nails were all long, filthy and uncared
.or. He bad searely a human appearance.
For divsrsfon???s sake we began a conversation
with him. He spoke with a peculiar, unnat
ural grunting brogue; said be lived eway up
in a hobow ob da moontin; in da kalina
state. This was bis first visit to a town,
here tbe first brick house he ever saw, tho
first negro, knew nothing of books and news-
:rs. A man bid told blrn of ???Gainesville
papers. A men had told nun or ???Gainesville
town???end ho set out to hunt it. Hod been
four suns??? fn coming.
We are convinced that there ere some sec
tions of our greet end glorious country that
need tbe band of civilisation.
Women ns Doctors.
Warbixoton. December 14.???The board of
trustee* ol Columbia university of this city,
upon the unanimous recommendation of the
faculty of its medical deportment, has decided
to admit women to the study of medieino fn
ihe Institution with old the privileges of iu-
btroctio& now accorded the mils students.
Attempts to lllow l/i?? it Train on the Jerssjr
Central llnllronit.
riiiLADELMiu, December 27.???A special die-
B atch from Ksslon, Pennsylvania, says: ???Ou
ie Jersey Central railroad yesterday betwoon
Fan wood and Westfield, a track walker, whilo
making bis round, found oter^- f|iiro p.-i.-k-
ago with shawl straps wrapped around it near
the outside rail on the down track. Tho man
thinking that the packago bad been dropped
from a train, begin to oramlno
its contents. On tho top ho
discovered a squaro hole, and below it a black
ing box filled with palror malchei,arrangod.io
that they could bo easily ignited. Aftor re
moving tbcio ho found 68 cartridges of dyna
mite and a lot of No. 1 giant powder. Dp to
this time the trackman saw no danger, and
continued to search. He picked up ono of tho
cartridges, and was about to place it
on the rail to force it opon
with his hammer to ico what it contained,
when n resident of Fanwood came along aad
prevented on explosion. A hand car was
then procured, tno infernal machine was
taken to Fanwood,and an official of IbfrV. i*^In
formed of tho dircovery. It is thought th??t it
was intended lo blow up a train. Had th*
??? * ??? ** ??? track
package not been discovered by
walker. It Is believed that it would
1 ha
OnOVBR???8 KEG OF HUM
Albany, N. Y., December 22.???A keg of rum
ol tbe vintage of *60 bos been tent ha\ to
BfnfhampUm by Governor Cleveland with a
letter of thanks. A few days ago the govern tr
was or.nojcd at finding in theexocutivochsm-
Ur a black walnut css??, lined with red plush,
containing a gold hooped keg of liquor, which
was to be drawn through a golden faaeet. On
tbe keg was this inscription:
From J. o. Coughlin.
It did it. With the compliments of thoBmffi im
governor to forego his resolve
presents from strangers, and to
success of his admfuUtrati??it fr-
the liquor fn the white house.
refu>cd to recede from his detern
no gilt-taker, and returned tho
Coughlin, much to tho latter???s ch
flNOISTlMCTj???g 1N1