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VOL. XIX.
I TERRIBLE MOMENT.
Yes, terible, for such, indeed, it was! I shall
never forget it, even if I should live to lie a
rhundred years old!
Many weighty events pass from the memory,
.'but certainly not the moment which brings a
Mian to the very brink of the grave, and in
'Which ho finds himself face to face with a
'horrible death.
I had lived for nearly five years in Australia,
Where I had massed quite a handsome fortune,
When suddenly a longing for home took pos
session of me, doubtless intensified by the fact
that my affianced bride was about to sail for
Europe, and I could not endure the thought
that the wide ocean was to roll between us. So
I resolved to accompany her and our marriage
was to be celebrated in our native land.
May Brodstoue was the daughter of a
wealthy farmer, and the most beautiful and
attractive maiden for miles around. Before I
knew her, she had been, perhaps, a wee bit
coquettish—a fact which was destined to cost
■sne dear.
Among her admirers was a certain Albert
■StreiTcr. With his dark complexion, his black
hair and eyes,he belonged to that class of people
who feel everything most keenly, and never
forget an injury. lie worshipped the very
.ground May trod upon, and I fear she did not
always resist the temptation to flirt witli him,
although she assure d me, (ami I could not
doubt it for a moment), that she had never
"given him any real encouragement.
About this time, I appeared on the scene,
and from the first moment of meeting, we felt
(that fate had destined us for each other. She
jlmmediate’y turned her back upon all her for
iiner admirers, became as staid and quiet as an
tlndia-rubber tree in a calm day, and finally
[whispered the little “yes” which was to seal
tny happiness forever.
Old Mr. Brodstone was satisfied with his
daughter's choice,ami, ,;H there seemed to be no
obstacle to our union, the engagement was an
•nonneed at once I chanced to bo present
When Albert Streffer first herd the news.
With compressed lips and contracted brews,
ho glared, first at May and then at myself, un
fil I felt that he would gladly have annihila
ted me, bad it been possible.
Without tittering a word, he turned and
went away. Misconduct impressed me most
unph-iisantly, mid .'lay confe-sod to me later
that she involuntarily .shuddered when she
ijnet his look of bitter hatred.
From this time, idilimigh business often
.brought him to our neighborhood, we saw
Strefter but seldom: yet this man cast a
ishadow over ail our happiness, and we were
not at all sorry when we found ourselves on
iboard tbe ship whi h was to boor v.s toiiii
3>ome. We hud not lost >i..;htof 'mid, 1,, we \ er,
when, with a cry of sc.r, raw, May laid lor
'.Land upon my shoulder, aud, pointing to the ’
lower deck (’'.claimed—
“See, Al'.- -I, tbe-e is!”
. And so in y truth it v.as, Leaning quiej-
. ...
fupon tiic same stn*'. as'oi'f-- Ives'! Tills .tP c DV - r
•ery Was fir from being an agreeable on (<• mo, |
•although I could not irolp laughing wh< n May I
nestled closer to my side and whispered anxi
ously:
“It arAlfr d. T dint know why it is, but I i
:am i-toiul of t cit in’ii. I cam,.u rid i:.;..:qf .
,of the thought that he has evil d si .11 against I
'us.”
I did my best to di qu l her fi ars nd in this '
•attempt Str r’>. 0 .11 • omluct iv ’ t-<! ■
materially, for cxcei.-. a few word.- -..1.: aw
casually exchanged, :.•■ ■! n-u in r ide ’1
us in an; way. and our .. ...,o 1:. ; I- .1 ■ ;.
:prosper’.:: , r.igi.t, a viknt hmri- i
Cane ar. e. . .
O.if goal ship b.iffu'a bravely wit’t ti n
iCtorm, but in vain. Tlfe masts fill overbn rd
.With a terrific eras’:. <!r 4: e < ; t|
tAM with them, and bemre they could be cut :
away oue '•£ them v. bar! d v :.-'i '■- ;
ijencc acainst the vc -el as 10 ci'i .1.1- ••-
'.OUS h nk, and on all sides the iearlul ciy v.,i< '
licnr.l:
“W,* are sinking! Lower the boats! The
»um;i are 1 ■ !.■ si”
Tb. . .dm ■’ •co dnw ami ; - '
3mc '' ml:.,' • 1'..” 1 > ir.' -ir : '•
■ccnfi. he ■. '• . I, ■: . - .0 roil. Pv Iro.v. ■ i '
land while the re . . , ■.. e . ■ q. - t 1 ■ •
|tah th
;my trank. To liurrv toniy stateroom and lift '
the lid of my tr ii!; ■ . ■ . . .. ■■ mo. '■
,ment: already Ii• hi pi.lari la : barol.
when 1 heard ste. -• ■ ii.il-.ii! '•
land in the dim lijit .. ' a foil ti, m ...b. e 1
rcC'.gnizi(l Al . 1: mr.
Tiro ■iiitbo'it I • . i n of Lis ! ■ ■■ an ' the :
purpeso but too clearly—be had corns to mur- '
tier me.
1 si ized my r volvcr ami pr<>•< 1 1
toyself. But i: v a not his intention t< attack
closed the state room door and lot. d itt n the :
outside.
All the horrors of my i ituatlon fl: shed across i
me m a.moment.' I was a prisoner upon the
thed or. My only I.net er was a ■ mii-ii .’.i..gh
ami (be woid.;,
“Who wid ntarrvMay Brodstone now?”
■ Thenhohiirri. .1 . I -t i.< :■! •!: •. • ■ Ml. ■
,I shouted Gr Io p-bie I-. -. ing . . tern- i
yeM .11 i-.-.m I .... ted.
a momentary lull in the t< 1 n and ’ 1 e trd the
f
GI shouted agai f 1 t at the . nt
the storm a; ■ w t'.i :■ I I , :i:.d no
one hoard my fr uiti. ■: . ■■. All 1.. f.c iiad n- :
(deed vanished. Iv. 1 ■ p: ■: . r :. • upon !
the sinking ship—horrible tic In il l ■
despair I beat w;’. ii n.l >i»i.! • . . : •
althi ugh I know too wed tl.it s..i -.t:< n wa--
no longer p< idle, for, . the I. ■r. . .■ im ■
itoblybe separaud m the dukm,; of the
night, I should not be !. . the di'p
wnsrntirely wreck. I. !;■ >d,how could I
Chori di any Im;« During the '•• ■ 1
pauses !n the str-rm I co:;l I liear the fatal wa
ter surging in the hold, could feel that with
teach movement the ship was settling lower
■and lower. Suddenl-. gave a f irta! bi-, b, :
3 seething wave rv h d down tic- ■■ i:r w I
forced its wav und. r die door ami :k b d tbo I
■Stateroom. I er. duh 11. |..r 1 ialiiod all
was over and I >lll : die without making one
effort to save, n.y life.
I felt that I < ould have look: 1 de th firmly
<n th': face, had 1 be n upon de with ( • d’s
■free heaven above me, but my hair stood on '
end a: the horrible thought that I was to '
drown shut up in a c.'_c. Was th' r-, t!.< n, no i
•way rd escape? I io-do d :ib( t me, ami, u'! r
-4ng : 5•1.;.'..n . < 1 ■;••'. '.piatix for tin ooor, '
'fug b cher an 1 hi 'm. r.
“I'.ml! idiot!” 1 .-r d. “Why have I not
thought of this l-es. re ? lam my own mimli.r.
■'Furfof wild hope, I stralnt.l mv gaze to
disc ,v. f the but far an . near only thick
alnce heaven Imd h ! nd me thus far I woohi
*ot •' ■r. 1 -' ■ ■■ . 1 the rm.' in . z
Karrelsofmy revolver and throw mvse't into '
ifoe sea wishing to be as fur as pc -ible from
-the sinking snip,
X hayed to find a piece of wreckage, and in ;
this I svas not disappointed, for I had not been
swimming long when I discovered a mast to
which ropes were attached, so that I had only
to lash myself to it as firmly as possible and
let the waves bear me whithersoever they
would.
Suddenly, however, a tremendous eddy
seized me. I was thrown violently backward,
whirled round and round as if in' a vortex
then T knew nothing more!
When I recoved consciousness I was in one
of the boats, and May Brodstone was bending
over me.
*«»»«*
At daybreak all the boats which had been
separated in the darkness was called together,
and the list of the pasicngers and crew was
read by the captain. As soon as it was discov
ered that 1 was missing, they rowed back
to look for mo, but no one was able to under
stand why I had not taken advantage of the
boats.
By this time the sea was quite calm so that
nothing interfered with their search.
Prose inly they perceived a dark object,and ap
proaching it, discovered me clinging in desper
ation to the wreck, laughing ami shouting like
a madman. I remained in this condition for
sometime after 1 had been drawn into the boat.
Gradually, however, I became quieter, al
though I lay in dilirimn for more than twenty
four hours.
As soon as my mind was again entirely clear,
I related my adventures, v. liich filled all my
hearers, and especially May Brodstone, with
horror.
“Now. I understand!” exclaimed the cap
tain. “Tiic rascal! Our boats lost, each other
in the darkness. In the morning, they all
came together again except the one which
contained Albert Streii'er and some of the
worst characters among the crew. Either he
steered the boat in another direction, to escape
the punishment which might await him, or lie
must liave bribed the sailors to desert us!”
Whether the captain .1 supposition was cor
rect, I cannot say, for never, trom that time to
this, have I heard anything of Albert Streffer.
The very same day wo who nidked up by an
English steamer and land iin England, with
out further accident or adventure. May and I
proceeded at once to Germany, where we were
married and established our home. My little
wife would not hear of again crossing the
ocean, since it was as impossible for her'as for i
myself to forget the most terrible moment of
my life.
A SHOT ANDATHRUST.
From the Detroit Free Press.
When we came to throw out pickets in front
of our lines on the night after dealing the fed
eral army the hard blow at Second ?.I:inassas,
wo w< re right among the dead and wounded.
Al e had won a victory, and the bulk of the
federal army was ma!.'. for the Potomac, but
there was a rear guard which fought sullenly
and wit': a thii’.o for von?.once, and .'don ; ti:b
float of my division the bin? coats were alert
,:'.d ■ ?ady !'.r a ht. .....rnk. It wasi aeo.it 9
O'. <:k in the C' ( ii'ng when lay e ■#as
pushed out. and to .11 thfiplace -i ,iyn •d save
had lo orawl on ouj i'nt.d.i end line.f. r tlie
lost‘-Gil Act. Winn I ..naliy got settled in
ph.'' it w.;; at the ba -e of a obi'de or i i.it tee
0. .’ir. ■. .vi-me in an op nla id.•: A 1 'di or n
a: ‘ d
"f- f '*’*!’<■. * • I
IITT} <;. ..3 dlstaiitT orn'i
I l e. and ’ nd the cover of ;i 1... enof mils. 1. did
;’ ’ ; ' \ • >i- o ' uj n . Ido not
I tl. he k• \\ t ••• .. . i; ■ Eui i.'lhcr mis-
I tin ted it Re-1 blazed away to dinv,- mo out.
I 1 i.irc were ;>ed v.ocuded rll out the •
tree, i had ci er two d< ad lolb >. and I
t••• '.nd', d men I.;; iL- _• d me for water, I
* y er i du , i
: ! L... < voinv Ci'.t ’.th a lull <■ Lt. r.viiia'
' tliat i'.i; front was c vered with wounded. I
< ‘J io n.e,OJ! HiV ri;J:r, v. a, n >edeial< «>ipui:d j
to a... w .. re ha< nt. J(e told ;
| but I made no note of it. He was the
’■■■.. I lejj, in .d w:i y ’ •>. t ;tu 11; j hu> aml t lie j
I k-. . . i d U. ■> h. m-., beferu dark, ’
| nrd considerably ;b uv.-r ouv lines, and he lud j
■ in. to cr./Ai iwcn.y jod.s to get the shcl- j
i 4 S,; (’e mfl would hay< nost 5
j oil v.•;:« ~ iuh a hji'.t , th:.;, bnt th'? ;,r b l |
0.1 '• ', '
I
■ . * , ,"’ *, »*• * ■’ !1 I H< ”,
'J'i.c inch!' n; u* tme cc/n.'-idc-rablv and, bo-
•! :V v.t re fidvar.ciim I Im**' ■ •-] th" ’ic-’ard i
ai Ito land been on
ti at J '.Vflc.'bißiivd.’iadv. 'it”: hn / : >i Hi ..j m ©l !
i v. . :F. in tlmgmuiid almost to the m izzle of :
: !!■<.■ . .11. I wa- Bins pinn to (m: <... t- , :.!■■] ;
. the man let go of the mu'ket a.ml fell a<ro.,t I
: me, utteriiii; a groan ol pain a? 'no came <!<.wn. I
1 My I (.-..ii.il was ...u b --at I C (. :!.i i? ’fl o I
I my ■•::' f..r :wo or three minutes, and when I i
; di.i the man was <b ail for i.a. *. lie ha I : ro-
i the iien.'.y of <1 alii eau-c.i him to alt.'mlc me !
: in ike i :.,ular manner im did. So firmly w..s
I ilium.l to the earth that I had a, out
iof i.,y blouse to get free, ami it took a st.- .it !
I t".i.-t at the butt of the musket to pull the
I bayonet out of the hanl-uaked .mil.
Only n Porilon of Ills Family,
' From the New York Tribune.
A short man convoyingelcven children stood .
I at i >t>.. i..uj-xu'l C urt..m i street y-,i riuy alter- ■
i noon. Ho wore a shiny P.inea Albert coat, adi cal- I
r corsrml? on Lis neck foru s.arfpln, andtiiero wav u
I look of settled melancholy on hla smooth-shaven
| face.
I The cl ll.lren ranged from about fifteen years
. down. The el lest carried a satchel and the re«l»d
br ?i. ser 1 imilfes. ’fi: 1 to their cunyuig cajt.'.- ■
They were walti-.g for a Bi' adway car. and the J
. o y >ns the while. '
: “Thomas," he «aMreproilogiy » a small i.m.-, “if
> y< . Ju,i . h do a
J -■! ‘hen a car ca r t ab-r.g, anl tbs t s work
I • ihir.y uj ■, . m ‘j ’ the cabman, “and i
*• , i<-r k l -' t : ’orfiini miter Broad- I
ma j' di<! n A ‘ He'ho’gtpd th*
‘ a 1 .fit In: : ; .c.. , m l a U Marn d be
t ■ . biaino .. .. .<• • ' <pbmo nni bald:
'•IMs h jmt «| if !■ it i» ft , ■ it'.n of mv family.
?vrLn ; «-. y.-un n-n ’ he added with
tiidnm, “wt; u you bavv nai fourteen cbHdfuu.life ,
j will not te-uu to you to be *ll a rserry jebt. ’’
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22.1887
HOI HE IAS SAYED.
BY WALLACB P. REED.
For The Constitution.
John Wilson staggered back and looked at
the black slip of paper in his hand. His face
was very pale, and his slight frame trembled
in every fibre.
The other members of the society, not. more
than a dozen in all, had all drawn white slips
from the hat. They looked intensely relieved,
ami gazed at At ilson anxiously and doubtfully.
Wilson wiped the cold perspiration from his
brow and straightened himself to his full
height.
“I am the youngest man among you,” ho.
said, “and it seems strange that chance has
selected me for a work requiring almost super
human courage and nerve. But you may trust
me. I will be true to my oath if I have to die
for it
“AA r e do not doubt yon,” replied the presi
dent of the society: “but you must expect to
bo watched. Every anarchist is bound to boa
spy upon his comrades and is pledged to kill a
traitor wherever ho may bo found. So, my
brother, while we trust you, the safety of the
order will compel us to shadow you until you
complete your task.”
“AVhcn the hour arrives,” answered Wilgpn,
“you will find that you are not mistaken in
your man.”
One by one the anarchists took the young
man by the hand and assured him of their con
fidence and support. Then the meeting
adjourned, and the members of the society dis
pel.sed.
V, ilson had been an active anarchist for six
months, and his zeal and ability had caused
him to be made a member of the executive
committee. Little by little ho had involved
himself in the plots of his comrades until there
I was no retreat for him, and lie had no choice
but to go deeper into the business.
At the meeting of the executive committee
which had resulted in the drawing of a black
slip of payer by Wilson the anarchists had de
cided to take a dosg rate step. The most
obnoxious man in the eyes of the laboring men
in the great metro’ dis was Bullion, the
million lire. AVheu work was hard to got and
wages declined, everybody said that Bnllicp
was at tlie bottom of it. Whenever a body of
strikers failed to secure higher wages it wtii
because Bullion's r. .noy and power enabled
him to i nt-h every combination. The grasping
monopoli t controlled bit. .uess and labor, and
the police, the courts and the legislature wore
supposed to be his willing tools,
fi'i oa, issin.'tion of Bulli-n was quietly
di . v, >,.d by the ex - stive committee at sev
eral moet.ngs, Finally the meniLcirs drbw .
.. L-ls Jo 3ylect»ihp iixccu? . c, an d it was
eto’i .i-t’..- . the rr.“V<t >■*-
A” j .•■■ic’ ; :.i: pw io 'fl, way
Ttiiibi’ ,L Ihb iff :■!: rm 4 ; liarrcSvs!reefs !c «li . :j
his lo tgings lie folt stuvi , ?l v nerve us.
He had never thought that it would come to I
•T -'i ;• • He I.ad (I? .• • -,i of e. ■ ,ii : vo- ■
lotion in which lie would bo one of the loaders, I
i but he had never th•■•’. ,ht of committing I
! mmd,
■ The day fixed for the deed was just ono !
, w. - x off. Bullion w,s al scnt from the city ■
i v. hen the i ott u had <|. ide l hi : fate, but i
• tl” y know the day an l honr'sot f r hi.i return, I
' ” . 1 tlio plan wn; to Levo AVi|..,.u throw a !
■ • " into hi. c’.r.i'T a? it pa cd a certain '
p.wknTU-thoiiidii.mii'sreTLme
I In \cn<. ’■. , :j ul r, >. •ii after he had
' rraehed h.s ixtoin ai’<l locked bin.st,;£ in; “the j
'iti, •: ..-Ah . liT ’.l’Oj? d tl:nt:>- . !;■ •,... M
I i.i’l.o ii ■ a 1:: ro.anl now I find t! it Trim to
I be a cowardly a r,s wi. Be it so. I will keep
Ho Alt that it in in-. ■ fide to sleep, but
i aftera.-.vi iluhotl. '.?!■:•;. -- na i-nii; ■ d
t’jiiit Ijo had iii< i: >.. .d to "i.t sovorai L'/.-ri’
I "VV ™ „ a ,,
j nothing lo occo>;.'L- 1’ " *' 1.-.! fho mur-
,•’ rotis i ' :r :t v. dto ’ ’ b.o «id not care to ’
•in tho h< ’. ea largo !■ iv.- u.-at building cn-
■ tahrug Rcorcs of l.imitd •> : •<i at his door
• • ■ d ; i» n ft ■ i.ta ,> \ that the post-
v;-. nV- V vlyr 'ci r-1 a letter. Ho
I was an > n s di. lonan, a cchij rdive stra-igor j n
the country, with no frb ’ *• ; i-nt the i leuiliors
! of his bi ”'' ty, : • d t’ y •.. ro not hi tho La’ ft
; of counnunieatii.g with hl n t* rough the mail.
I lie lo'/.-.d ot ti/? c tl.o envelope,
i but could not re roj.d/o the v./ting. a bold but
! hastily rcrawled I • Land. H , open ?d the
I wL i, : mtoi tC? The postmark
■ si.owwd that to..* jc-.i.r had b' n mailed in tho
The bnok-har l d writing led AVilson to the
conclusion that tiro ehtrograjffiy was disgui.. .1.
After hr- ■ ' •■■; over ti.e matl-r for an hour
: or more the puzzled coiiapiiqfor burned tho
not-and at.-.mpted to forgot all about it.
AVben 1:0 met somoof l:i, > .mradcs that
night he dared not mcnti'.n ti.e mysterious
! menage. Dm',ildy it was a trick to test him.
I It would be prudent to await farther devclop
mmts.
Tho next morning when Wilson started to
! drcsv he saw s .metlfing white on the floor. It
was a letter that had evidently liecn shoved
’ under the door. A. ith one bound he seized it
i cud tore it . n. He rec',. nized tho familiar
back hand with a shudder, as ho read tiic foi
j lowing:
“You v.IU tll In your design. It you are wino
I you will h ave at once.”
! The anarchist was now completely bewll-
I dered and not a little alarmed. After rh i troy
-1 lug the p .).• r ho paid a vi-.lt to the pre blent of
| t.no executive crimmltloo. The details of tfio !
removal of Bullion were discu s d, but not a |
word wot: aid that threw any light upon tho ;
| anonymous letArs.
In the morning Wihon found another warn- |
ing ]• tt‘ r under Ids door, and the next day tho I
po„: an left ono. By this time the wretched
; man was driven almost crazy. In three days I
lie was tocommit the crime. Ho began to feel
; certain that he was discovered. Tho conduct
o' his friends had convinced hliu that they lia*l
nothing to do v. ith the strange messages.
At la-.t the night before the fatal day arrived, i
and Wihon shut himself up In his room, the ,
victim of the most dreadful thoughts imagina- !
. ble.
I About midnight he was awakened by a ,
slight shock. He rubbed his'eyos and found
that he had been asleep at his writing table.
11 is pen had broken in his hand and this had
disturbed his sleep.
“Have I been writing in my sleep?” said
Wilson.
There was no doubt about it. Ho still held
the broken pen, mid something was written
on the paper before him. Ho read these lines:
“There is yet time for you to be saved. Abandon
your murderous ”
His pen had failed him just at this point.
But the writing was in a. back hand!
Tho man now thoroughly awake stared at
tho paper in astonishment. Then ho opened
a box of writing paper and examined it. Il
was of tho same size and quality used by tho
author of tho mysterious letters!
“I see it all now!” groaned Wilson. “This
wicked enterprise has so unhinged mv mind
that I have night after night in my sleep left
my bed to write these letters to myself. In iny
sleep I have mailed some of them ar.d others
I have laid just inside tho door. Surely, tho
band of God is in this!”
Bat he could not see his way out of the
trouble. If ho disappointed the anarchists
they would kill him.
"It is all right,” l.e muttered. “I'll nut
take Bullion's life. I know what I’ll do.”
Day had dawned and ho realized that ho
would have to act promptly. Ho w’eut to his
mirror, and opening his razor, ho took off his
collar.
“Ono stroke,” ho said, “and it will ho over.”
Just then ho heard a newsboy crying .some
thing in tho street. Ho paused to listen.
“All about Bullion’s death!” the boy
shouted.
AYilson dropped the razor and rushed down
into tin? street in his shirt sleeves. He bought
a paper and, in a half fainting condition, read
tho startling bead lines.
Tho great millionaire monopolist was dead.
A stroke of paralysis had carried him off in tho
night!
AVilson crawled back to his room and falling
on his knees burst into a flood of tears.
It was some time before he could compose
himself, but after aw hile lie made his toilet and
visited tin’ headquart! r ; of the aiiarcbl ' (.
“It Is not year f;,m!t,“ s. id the piTridont of
the executive committee pleasantly. “M’e all
know tliat you would have done your duty.
AVell, wo must pick out another victim, and
you shall do the killing.”
Wilson thanked him with a shudder, and
retired.
That night he disappeared from tho city, and
from that day to this his feilow-anarchii 11
have never heard from him, nor have they any
. clew to his wlieroabonts.
DIBTY MORPHY AROUND LOOSE.
t t.IH Nye’s A,.piTlicn- ioito V iniihrtl by the
[>' ' „ •>-.T.u'v» t.yclx:.?. ...
'■' ’ - . .... • Wi
(•!■ n . ; -?."d I,;.-
:: . a‘■■"idiiig the to.."'. 1 ■ t.n' 'ng a
i . . al J -:;l of (k: traction ((..?. ploiu;
| i.nt.iton Ii tli-: c.'irlh and f‘-...,v n-i an ini-
I :•.<•:;• ■■foe. !<.f<bi t. A r.iie Im n1,., P . . d
tho iq. fl ... i aft nvai.! -. :. d th;., ii I. ~|
Ist . d out abi - b ?.i”-:, ed hole a . large as
I an ordinary < •li: r.”
’l i.c a;i, which I • ’•■ 'rwi \.’l .
ning’a World, interests m< a.■ id al, a I
I bclii. V. tii.j Hint the eload oi <li : r d to
! of :■ ■■■•::•!• t:>:i .. i; .■ .•? • . ~...
J piiy, who e.-.ed to live in tliai
; 1 ': b that in the interest of .■ . , mo'-o
! c. .lid he (isecrtaliw I in ic.i .lion to t
i dmalc case of .- it 11..A I ever is. indd. and I
I base ew :y i ::.'>n to b--i : ' .o t'lat this
I cy.'lone has 1 n I-.! :• r I. r him in :
j lio* . tournaments in V> ',.-lulng. .an . l'u.q ■ ■ hi
1 ;•■: u .-d to fill tirnir :I: n; ■ I <o.v;. '1
1. ■> ’.Will a .-q I t 1.l at. w. I.' :i i,i --f
plate glass, or melt down a ’>■ :.• I,< n in two
fl-retii.g iT'iiieiit:-. lail 1 don'i liiiuk ti y cv. r
BUccosSuily opened Soiled Murphy'i . f
I. in..? Ili-.n Illis I'.vclono bin ■. ■■. . . , ? I. ""
of in I .- ■ i ins hca illix low or in ■t. ■ . . . i.y
lof a shiiwTr of di- li, 110 w ■■■• ■• • u i?.
1 >OO. Ii tl)oii.;'ii <4 ng his in ■ • ■ pud l.i
! e'"d 'it i, d ll’..til's, ’ii .i of
I b,‘s >n*i Hiat hia oth: r viials aie lot ;u-
| tin’’: i ■U' i.l I I ■ il.'lll I -.1 '-I II ■ i.
(ii T'l.. j" v': s thui ng'g \,n' .! '
bench -the police bench- at lAramio City,
lice Olli?'<•>■'Laiiy ice. While Mr. IT e was
away looking for witnesses for the prost U"
ti. n, ''lr. .'I rjdiy a?. ’I iu‘. if I would . ,xe.i
him for a 1 ■<,m<-i’it while he Stepp .d to ge!
1 ■ ’A'l'hi 'd r’ o grv.T l.i u 5 cent': I
Willi Wi.'-h to g. t me a <■■■>.V, l et he (iid not
Comeback. Tlml i- : • !••:». : •-.>:. v< a i ago, and
now 1 b. lieve).<-(i:«! ma inti nd t’o,.;'..bi ri't fli.
It is po,-.ib!e that he got hold of a . oi. 1. a d
stoiy in tl.o pam-r that <•>. n me.i Lia ..tumi-.ii,
Mi < ’th'; : rimc
Cl f7 ll iTti'''' 1 ■ * I
hope i.O v. ill (■ ■■ 1..' : .. 'i in , .! .■ g
But if my (•','.!■ 'l'u-’tl.- m.v lie o’ . . ,„T ‘iic,’
has lx i n ui .t•• li'-.'l I. a ■. I.y a? at mo q.in :io
disturi.aric.c in s'i' ii a iorihv. .th >:i:.im( r a-, to
simply lor.eii'oiled streak aero s the 1 orizon,
I will excuse him. Bill N ye.
. +
Henry TV. (.l ady's Rare Gifts.
From ti.e Nushvlll" A..: r • an.
The most remarkable man that has como to
tl.« front In ti.e toutll since the war Is If' iny VV.
<lr»dy. Ills speech nt tho New Eupl.in 1 c:ub, In
New York, r.m.'moi.t - aj-o, was |.... .file r..or?
widely r. :vl and created more talk tnau any ap er.li
mode' I:vie the a; cc'b of B. 8. i’reullss in the con
(‘ n ]e■ ■ t n OOM '■ the h- 'I 'IO' . ■ IVCZ
We do not mean to ray th.t Mr. Cr .dy as u puLliu
speaker lias the power ol Mr. Clay or Mr. V.'el.s: r,
blithe hrs; 1..- I at no h- r man of this day li.-.s.
He is I. rtlle, und bis speecliesare fruitful,and tln ro
Isa melody mi' u i.innoi uri'l and i. •: . ij.s aod a
Joyfffi r.ti'l»:rn'; ?"l y > l.io.py slyA i. -,<r -oi; a .|,
and with all upo 'it!..’ :!s th: whole with
i fa'.., that shine li»., -■.l’Ti.ltiiqle like slivor U-,1-
lars drupp. -1 one on t pof ti.e '.ihcr.
■J >.< s.v.Tii rn.i I'- by him ai At.atita one nlrht last
week on (.rolnl.lti'iii la Atlanta, utid which we t>r nt |
ti,is m ania.; in lu.l ic,.u'lm. Co: . T i.vN, is |
Wdi.TUaiuralitl.
i ■. I. •~t I v.l'i, f.c'san'l h art tin- ".ith
widur ft*id more t'< ncTdl circulation thun Lit ttic-
I Lnit’-rdcub
| ra ;tii iob .- I d .’li Lh'ij, in. ii iboii-ri ’.eronio |
en il l.e !.. s thus to re k. ■. b.’ hititu in.
I.:-, a Uof ti. -.'.p thhave been luLUsbcl hero, 1
but v. a I.rlnl las eullto speech word lot woid, as il i
i wasdellV'.'teA
I Tx'tn Whcnaworran wlsl.es to make 1
I 'oft soap she never gets ixisiil Ucrtua* iier neighbor
j give.: her the lye.
HOWCHIQUrmGOTACHEW.
Strange Incident in the Frontier Life of a
Mail Rider.
From the New York World.
One of a party of four seated around a table
in an up-town case was a sedate-looking gen
tleman, small in stature and faultlessly dr« s -d.
Extreme neatness was tho fust thing that
struck ono in looking nt him, yet there was a
suggestion of virility about him that made his
careful attiro seem out of place. Ono of the
four addressed him familiarly ns “Chiquito.”
The name struck another of the party, who
then heard it for tho fust lime, as a rather sin
gular way of addressing the sedate if not
solemn Mr. Smith, and ho said something to
that effect.
“Oh, that’s what our friend hero and all tho
oilier follows used to ( all mo in tho old days
when wo were forty-niners in t'alifornia,” said
Chiquito. “It is a sort of hybrid {Spanish, y.ou
know, and means small; it fitted mo exactly
in th os- d.ys. I'm ml of a la;\e pit tlfrn m . ,
bnt in those da.ys, wiion 1 was a youth under
twenty, 1 was not tilled out and was \< ry
small, although 1 did carry tha United (States
mail • n horsm .tck overa, sire’, l ii of ierty miles,
nearly all of it a lonel) nm’.mtiSn riia-t?’
“You mart have iq. ■ ‘..m u er p« t»ph* and
strange im ide.uis on those lade , ’ ono of the
party remarked.
“Not often,” replied Mr. Smith. “Many a
time I v ent over the whole distance out and
back without meeting a human being. Some
time.i, hi'W'vcr, 1 would come aerc.G a stray
Indian ami soimdiim .. im et a. v. hit man, who
always had a small arsenal strapped about, his
u aist ami a pair of pistols in the holsters of
liis saddle, it was a rencontre with one of •
those gentlemen at iho loneliest spot in tin?
lonely mountain r< ad that is almost the only
vivid memory 1 have of those days in the long
ago.”
There was r general do-dre expr ssed to hear
of that, incident, and Mr. Smith -continued :
“Well, you know, to be a. lorly-nim r in Cali
fornia you had to use tobaccoih all forms. 1
don’t know that there was any commdsion
about it, legal or moral,!, it everybody did. and
young as I was I did wbai everybodj < : o did.
So it was my custom to go to the store just be
fore . taiting on my jow noy and buy a. huge
‘hunk,’as they called it out I her 1 , weighing
about half a pouml, which would last in., out
and Luck. But one imbuing, having a small
remnant of the weed lei! from my last trip, I
lorgot tog- t my usual supply Ir fore 1 M. rled
off with niyiaaih Qm er im : 1 that wa , gen
tlemen, 1 id rather expe.a ivo Io tho gevern
mont. What tho con!re -for gat I m'verknew,
but ho paid .mo pretty well for carrying it, and
I m-'.’i r had over India dozen letter*;. Unco in
awhile astray newspaper would sometimes
escape the m i.y dang of coaii a.;.l :m, on the
long route from the cnslmat states and find its
way into my pmuJt. Som.vlii. <: > after it. y.ot to
me j( would r. ach the per mi m.Llrc;-,\d to, Lit
el acv. < übl put. (or w hen it at kmt got to his
postoimuj h *. wouhhbe d< ml.
Well, that morning 1 had only hsUf a dozen
TrUtm norm?# y.g ; r , ■•nd mpim *■ ml
l.*n ’irrt|rsk on (4jq. rood wfru I rm de the un-
' ’ .. IA . i I . .. £ ■ •( iHV
'•’.ihl ii-t h". li'lflv'l‘.bit’i by :>r e q b.' kio
• , t ilif.i- :cco. \.a ; th. !■: i. I•. ;;. . v.ilh'mt
fOl- tV.6 ll: S W, : i IBl'o., Ifilbli'.' f'n.'i’lv 1
li:i >T;. niiml T w.'iiM 1 r.vc to <>. ,'iire the
l ’odsliii- a., I,< ,t I c .’l4, aii'l jofaed <>)i nf.iiiu.
I bii.il ;; 4 about half wuy "it my jouroqt, :iiu!
Will* v. .11 up tho Eatrow v :mli:i;: tinniiiu
r0.u.l ',ll' :> 1 : a 10'TH. (I I) (•■ l.liliq
t 0... ii! •■ . lie was a mil” or iu'.:-’ away
'■ ii. )i i 1 I w lliln, l.’lt . t ’'." - ..ip
. turns in lb., i ad he sei in< d to I e t
’■ ■’ I . ■ ' :il ll:' po-.I f. I ..V. ; .i *
I IciK-w Im >• . s V. . H ill IT d, for II It. v. s a
. .' ill ... li. l C > 1’417. I I I h ,tn I I
ahi I' !■. a A liiui f-,r hi 1..,., <• :■ : lui n.y
■ I I.■: fi ■■■• i, mil' sI n l-.ap; . t. to b’tV" i
• s.ipply, v l.h !i i>ri3 in t lik 4y. But
I : '.-t up iny ininil Ii 1 nail to ■ ontfibute. ’o I I
got O’ ttr . I 101, i 'lt held it. i o ho colli in't
. o it. iar !. >• s touched ", . ~c
: ■ I, ■■ 1.-rii ; ’".ik' •■ tin .•' 1. . s two I
'.’idle : II lIH C’ltlg c| s halted (■)<• .■ h ■ li' 0
. . a....! Ibmg,
“ :..ri ! ;:T?str\nqcr,’ s ial l .'.ri.q 1 rm.-ati’d
tiro ip.. ;i;,-. ‘ '.uv vnrio i :■< ::b nit'.” 1.0 in
q'li . 'I, 1..’ U>li:q J ■■ id I a., r. 4 him
i ! ■ ! .’ ..1., i . ...
•;/; ■ bit. 1
And in an hi ‘.mt I had
:’d |
ha\e ’ • but I hope ha-A' M m'Ver“t;kJed. "lio
<. ’ >:•! il bc.va! | j u < , .Jjd growled imU<- i
!■ V’b ■! , -mfJ’.'it I IV.TS not
io I-.- (.■ .tinl! .1 • .iy. St’Jl I. < ph.y him I
ha I b< ti -i cut that into two < .* id parts hi
j- if. I) awh.g a dirk kn.b ■ i vi.’leinou•; ni»- |
h • ■ ' . • • - i. •
I hu I sti'-’g stud and (mtcn kd <m of th i.i
“Ma /op ft in the rosd, cf-o.- . ’ He '
did it, put hi ' k;>i f • bm-k in L; . boct-h g, :>f i- I
\m-« Lave ‘ .dr I ‘]g’ . 0
turned io my sddle end I * ? t ’>m covered I
ab nd in tie roud. L. en tk u 1 v-aiG-d for j
min.(‘< fork- Mm -rnuhl tarn L.-t I.at !
coining L. *k, J got ms my ic rse, cluklu d my I
prize, and having jn »unt< 1 went on ks fast a*,
the stcepm- .d lheg! 'de wired mrmil; m,t
i ...... rnnni’c ar IP’• h,
mil at all. Bit you : ■ I •-■ ;. . <■.i ryiiip (ho
L'uitcd Statu., mail on .-.clr dulo uml 1 was
mas ing up for 1- :t tinto.”
Ifcro Mr. Smith paus'd and wditritiv'.ly 1
Btnoki 'l his r.
"I H ipposn you never saw your benefactor
’ “Oh.y. ’. I did.oiil.vA f" w’<iiiy afturwm-ds, '
and’. /: :i th. b- f part of the ' i >ry. V.’).. n !
I eot !.. ’l< lo Hie In i. e ranch fl tin.l trip
tl,o t t.hln ' I .‘id . fter ml'b’i icy L
and putting nwny my nr. foial with tho ni.i l- |
bag in the po lollicß wan to stroll ih.wn to the
store to l; yin a- ppi;, of I'.ba. i.,, T|,< ..toto, '
It Is KO vi’t in eve .• ti h-m in ti.e I niteil ■
and that il-ah in ey i .ho •. 1 went
down to tin, oie. Ii w ; i.’liof nun, as it
I always was. I' ■! r.i v •••.•■.• >i •lo tie-< loiter 1
and a-d.-'l for •• o. A t4l man who rad j
| J recognized hd In n imJ nt, but honed ho 1
, did not know me. hi.i . - did :nd remarked;
“1 knew (rum hb i .ndt < od-.s to ■< ny !
I the f. m and n.| ( „ tnd h. whiio I a 'piep.-mg i
Ito dodge Lh. Imi bdh . .U1 Tim me ( .4 .
! that would br’ -.i'-tu f '■ d t. Bill t(»n».v <
J hit« n.»<* mi .rpuso, h< Nln»v'(-d no Intention of
I out Ldu nd wiMi the rmm.rk : ' ‘ * (
• Y- - »( - r , y ! • . d
“JI - bad -he pig., f a vi-r eml : d st r- ruth
of an ox. 1 would rat het Lav* my i
. cham e ? with hi* bullet’, than Invc endured his !
I friendly gr*.t.sp again. But, Lappdy, 1 Was not .
| catted V/bn to do it. Tho stranger extended a J
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
genial invitation to everybody to ‘liquor up*
and gave the crowd a minute account of our
first meeting, ending with tho compliment:
‘Youngster here is game, you bet.’ With the
words ho had paid hisscore and, striding out,,
mounted his horse and rode away.”
“y got well out of that scrape, Chiquito,’*
remarked one of his hearers. “You neve*
heard of him again, 1 suppose?”
“Yes, I did. A few days afterward hie
identity was established, when he was hanged
in the next settlement by a vigilance commit*
tee for horse stealing. Thon it camo out he
was one of tho most noted and daring des*
pera loos in the country. Ho had committed
several murders and was suspected of others,
but they had been done in remote places, and
a ; ho had never been in onr settlement before
the time [encountered him it is not strange
nobody there knew him. When it became
known who ho was there was mm h marveling;
as to how I had escaped. 1 fully shared in it,
[ suppose it is hardly necessary to say that if X
had known who he was I should not have vei>
lured to request him to share his tobacco with*
mo.”
JACK SJMS AM) IHG O’NETR.
Now Haven Special to New York Sun.
Away back in tho fifties, when Yale men
wort’ still engaged in their rows with their lire
laddies, and noton tho best of terms with any
of the New Itaven population, occurred that
memorable riot, not th" only ono in the anna 19
of Yale --that ended in th-* killing of the Ivadef
of the mob by the students. 'J’lio stoey if
short, of absorbing interest, and has often been
told but it had a sc<pn l, not generaly known,
ami as dramatic as tho romances of receuF
fiction.
During March. 1554, a pretty Irish actrest
(Mrs. ilarry Grattan Blunkett) had been win
ning th" he its of the students at the old
ih» ■'cr that was standing on the corner oi
Uh ip(*l ami Church streets. .One night, when
<iuii< u crowd of .‘•■oniors worn occupying tho
in a row/, ami tr sh jig(hricer had been repeat
edly encored by a zoftlous cln<pto of his coun
trymen in the back seats. The students anxi*
ous for the play to proceed and for the reap*
pc-in m.c of their aoddes*!, vented their impa
th. nee in his a- . hi t intly ( here was bad blood
b. tvcen ti'Wn and gown. The crowd in the
rear became inseknt, and when at last the
p« rh-iimince was o cr warned the
fiex re to enter th * | I .-co a.‘ tin. Next evening,
however, fifty or si .ty student*'. assemLdt d ai
the thomcr ami sat the performam'e through.
Towards the eml of the evening an alarm oi
lire was rung, . ml p: c ontlv I ho chief of police
camo in to inform the students that they
would have to ii .bt their way back to the
college through lioj thr' atening crowd that
had gathered. 'The crisis had come. Tho
townies had formed a solid column of tw«»s t
with lock'd arms, and tilled up the west Hide
mChapel itreet, having on the left the pro
tection of the house*), and on the right the
hooting multitude. Stv’dcnly despite the
» ;'i ii ;s '•( the police, n .* h over of stones and
iu icks descended upon the murcbiiig body of
dudmils, steadily they Lepton, carrying their
wounded and defiantly singing a college
son ip , v K
hteJct lo itm cpd of the cpluuin figured
BiJjibs, of Tenntesqe, with Harry JG ... land inn
hte left. The rear guard Avus Jack. S-im.3, of
... *t” i \wrfiwi ft * ‘ h<>.
auofncrol the o><r, vvj n •* teituor w.. i the pow
c?T-d O C il, the <au ;c of (ho trouble ol th®
4c J 't L'*for3k Improving the opportmutey
/H ; in WCy- 'L u i'b ■. ~e else,
‘■ il grapM' d ‘ ddth him, cMtehi d hia
threat With cm* brawn.' hand. ; ml struck him
e-i the h'aatwil'i a brh k m the other, in the
:>ir. Liglc that flb ui■ ill oM i i •-i| ;-i .n cried
out that be would kid his a- . .ilnni if h* were
not rehabed. O’i-«* i‘s reply wasa tightening
■i :hc grip upon his ibroat, and Sim : know
lin'd hq w- • b< ing cla.ked to dc-dii in that
g’-;' i < A illift.
ia*j. behind by rite of the < - bimn,
;ii;.* h t > c.il: oh , fmn midi'd by the enemy,
; i l f • ling that bi > life aouhl soon 1 o gone,
*.Vi;..i. could (S n.s do? Qui k as a tin h he
>- a jig da;: _■ ian I ibh -d '/Sh i J (he
i 11,. • . 'Lie til humn f. II de I. Slag-, ml by
[ ti:c j. :; of the.ii 1 hr, the mob JO I front
ith". • • >•.. and il'«* i • '-nil) v■ <c on safe
I upon lh(v u.iipn-. Thm night th" r.of r.sr. ged
• M dc.'i'- *. I i (;u-
I tm'( .a.!dit\ a only by the ue of tho great
|oJpi i ' n«'* Ib'i: amt hr -p die tbit
;i i’orit ps and students provenlcd a ro
new-d < 1 hosii'.iih* .
B .tt:., Mi ; - ppi-Mi, what of him? Hohad
p ■ •-it don the nr i.r nt,‘-at ii i str-:, ic hei
had hst In-; bat, in wh' h h’ na -e was writ-
. . L
< ■ • --4'... i 1 d
ju i.i d wfiat he In <1 <! uic ; It v. ;.s sho'. nto be
a i‘ -t <• - -■• of !• • n e; .mi it -.*. od
that, the faculty gave him his (L give u hen bis’
' Pi: -•; .H i |l.erd.
b- *ii y<a I' ■.« 111 '• ’/.nr bet '/’•en the
I nta- ■ I .•. an, and ii-- h a”.I ni-d
!< oo another in :un. . C' ’ll Kui.c 8 WHS
1 .vdlcd in tlm buttle o; Murfui •, c* umnd
i ■ 'j am i'• L i ■ h a ; i-r •. th- hero
of i!.< ■ llcj.m a- *. in a!■ : m Mis.te.dppi
: ■ ~ii. ol w-te l L.i i ‘ I a n -.* il- iof
Y tin I'-iuLiatc ;, (••’ Jit. c bur' l’., i. h nil thet
<• •uj ac/n .oflLo .;! y oi • .iCiicrn
ind.l ;y the <nd I . i gwli'ii <L..rk- - had!
: -opp< d tin*, i. I I - !e >-■! .■ . i. •> id.-n :.nd ;
Li. riy.he stood •.. th his eomr • p . h ;j«ie a
e mp-firc dL-ca* sin*' the im id- nts of the day.i
B -ntly oii'-ol i p.l.lp'l an a* . <nlm p of!
ti •i, yotehi.d da ami something elicited
I - it i .;my-r all it;: lof his ov, n ].:u tln that]
r • l 'i.;ii in 1 I. A Ac.' H uU, r.y, a;
• mb’r of a f-dei al battery, L M Ihm gtn a
<P iro rof :* mile away, v a i rdi.rcd to try hte
. ... I that camp-fin-, and :,< < banco would
i ii the to ,l a'leinpt d: ipptd a i”••.nd hot
li.' i' ; ith Huch pit i ion us to take Jack
.a)’ !;• ol from Lis sb adders :u cL m us
tli'ii i: it had ih pji cut oh Ly a ? ■I It hie.
S'i.tii ," it n> <y hccni, tic man whoaimed
the fa -J .Lot w;i the brotlipr of tin man Jack
I .il* din 'h*! college r p.v t< n • ■/ before.
'I : is, witho it kiiowte ■. it, wG * !'.< death
;; .’H;.,- d. Tiie loi.i nth: ] art of the story
! <. me. to the knowledge of New Jlavcuers onjy
i u few day 4 since.
A Historic Tree.
! L. <m the Youth’s Umnpatdoii*
An ire i h ut of tho revolutionary war which
I-• nutJicride, iLo I'u n - jm 1 Ihi our IJn'oricc
nor h *ly k mu, h th.it of th" Lil o.:y tr ■</, wl.i h
stood in (Ji r tm, tnth Carolina. It waft a huge
live ouk, which : :< v io the < ri.t rof the be
tween ( harhatc und bonmlury Btrectn.
. h’ H th-, popular « .< t-anent over the s f arnp act
v./ P-J r st m < i I t.n in 'te’fl, about twenty
rm ii. 1 0 ong ng to the most iiiUm*ntt..l Catullnian
fi i . under this tece, ami v.mod
<ri •'! 1/ <>••!.* I'mLvbn He ckm un rd the
n -rr wilh i . . o ption, and |.roj be cl that the
coi uh' '..ould never receive jus ice from tue moth
er co miry, he then, ; t t a moment'saultrnn
j-an-.e, •: 1 r. d tii.it the on.y hope lor the future
lay In tho hevuram Ofuli boixLMvlth Englund,and
In the indepemkneeof the culonteh
This, It r : »*r eI, was the i.ist thr.o th it thrj
In l . ••u'ltm e ol the country wan spoken ofij*.
'I ■mtn a-- 'lc I then jo • •*! lap nrour-Vthe
o’i ik. .0 1j I g 4 them he-! r 'st <>p; r»-'ion
v.i deal . ft cir uau!'•. are sell on rcc'ird. Mott
< c i v.-rc ■ tmuuis.ied L.i .i ir co'ir ■ and,
i pat.;’.i i l iiiag th; »tn tjh* wiiieh follow© 1.
; 1. ••.•'row-' 1 i • 1 with such
' • ' the enten-irti'i (»r •!)items that Sir H<y/ry
i » r the smo* -r < f Charleaon u? t |, e
u - ’o' -i It to ‘ c • •I. It w' < € u|
u 1 ■■• .• fi in ■! vs werisF
heaped abou|,ln trunk und burned.
r *./’-' ■■■ -r A • p n.p's scorn p n 0( ( 0
i IrmeuUU. EvprcAulij when you on it in
i c eroded here • ver.