Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 6, Number 22, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 November 1875 — Page 2

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FOR THE

TGERTTJL A FFLTE,

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•Y O*oa«* KDOAS MO

The law luw spoken,

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The great world wondered,

TTd1i"iS-'Mv'Oo««l

The past In w'hrtt,

IkraM

born with Uie UK*

^TiX.cr. v.".« ....I.»™.

Death's parting—to sever

K^h£sttocYum

Death* part"ni-towander

Itoom. mivC

What demon ha* enwr»-d

Ah bright Wfts the mramer,

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world without frsgmice

child! _„,i

What (Ume hft*o erpowerea

"^"XlSSTEfcUMrf WM«SWW and brlil* .. ak I |.iirrt UfUS £JTHjUnj|*

I*ch tear that seemed sweeUartnan HOE or

Their Up* unrepentlugH* j„

IAVW bitterly dylug,

a*»in.

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O TI^rt! t'n«for*ak«MJ.

I T«

*oeu,d

U8lmu,°:

i\.)ii urith" nifty sustain thee, rwll! bruise tuee aud chain thee. TwllMn^k wivli throbbing thW), re el a

Twill bruise

"eaiit

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fVromTvpiiletun Journal#

-Shooting with a ,t Hermit.

Bow

l" rii il WIU, 1» »t«otorian tono.% atlS'^nK the atn^ady terribly-frightened Afrtoin. "I/vk what yon^e done, you \laek scapegrace! Why didn't you keep the boat liefore tho wind? I vo a mind to thrash the ground with yon!" j{ n—»ober m— mind, Mars Will I done kill'd a'ready!—neck brokafor alio'.—lvi, what a bref ob wedder dat wiw! l»« chllo not gwine kton •spontifor nWh outdaeious omyrfrimon whir-ly-gu-rta ati dat, I tell you now 1"

After this Utile woni-paaaage we all ihroo nlood ffftstlnil Rtupwlly ft* Ofl J? the wind almost lifting up front our flUt and the water streaming down our tKir^na. may iw well be underft^a that we ware tu a rather startling dlrament, literally "east upan An uninhabited inland" with no boat In Which to leave it, ami with not a •oui in the world likely to search for us. But I qo not deal re to app4ar sensmtiotial In wrHIng this mattfNiMtet sketch, and I miVe ihrM, after th» first excitement

TOlnntlve Islands. Our l»«t wa« ndne, imd there we three as utUft as ever storm had banished.

The giH mm most (toi"iw for hottr -btm, and I 1mm* it. subsided •Ijmtrt' H* suddenly a-* it hail riseu. ^°w,nuDoa I in rrart ifter, oUF^fuggle with v^ntswifTI# theses, ,ni «rtr bui k« uwattl tlie frondauiHiift of trim* crowimu the cwilrai swell of

»rt» lndisn swmm-'R A few whiw K"IU flTww .r.y •»•, drifting down th% wind I *V-mning the summits ,*f Hie Wlr' ^l- TU#pl«*»w»t rtHila0atSS» at? M. r.: aadT^tumtooU

IV, '4 cK'Dinft in iny

Jv^Jht of VUlrk Robing Tm!iv»! ftnd half vrtahed IA*I mu* of U»4i*

wf iteven a Sh*nh»f****«** ytr smlhwsrrl one* I thomrhl I 1 of asiul.b»t I was notsnre

tor.

r,v»rU\»»d,

TWIiW.

.«

around quite naked till nwlvnoonhs-

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caosized V/e had barely time cnotith up our l^owf. aud hmpotot bofore this oamrred, and then big wave swept over u* with croat lorce, 1 audi tig ^ail in a apon tbo bar, where it left 11* hlirh and onto' water, btit by |io W anldry. Our boat must have fotmdfix'd, for we? never aaw it Wiu. Ue all had prtwonco of mind enough to letip S" and run to a point above the rench of tho next wave.

Will bad l.*t hl-s fpllver with all I is arrows in the struggle, aud Oe-jar. our negro man-of-all work, hal allowed tho »o «\v:vll'w mir haversack, provialonw, and all. My arrowy hpwovjr thirtv-fovu" of them, were aafo at rty aide ^nd onr bows were uninjured notwithstanding the water, they having Tx*n oileit that very morning. "Sow look what yo« ve tkme, Grt»-

fore the sun and wind had done their

sufficient]

work

hesoughtout

Qnsar's taste, an

imr iwmj. w»u M"—-----nlest spot to be tound, where be stretch

ed himself at oleaginous si know, with hot sand. AH I some tobaec nowe of the busby pine.— thanks to Bi^boa injured. a l(i

EPV-that

ii«Pii^llowi|^»h^r 'ight^d my pipe for, juiy matches were unit position I could see

ring crescent W the island, fringed with rushes and tall, flag-like mm here and there densely wooded, running close between two smaller* seemed banely diseonneolau IHJOB mainland. I^arge flocks of water-fowl, sweeping down at certain point between two tuft# of forest, told me plnft«ier than word* cpiiid *hati HholtemU«tuary thereabout offi-red a feedlng-pl^*e for the birds, and I felt sure of some rjre sport If the spot onuld be reached. But how to reach it In mj then condition the queation waa too abstruse for me^ so I contented myaelr wltL watcliing iho broad, liberal fees of the water aniil|ig go sweetly and benignly back at the new cloudjesa and peaceful sky. Through tho thin wreaths of smoke floating from my pipe. I had a dreamy vial lor a time, of day aphmdors partod tine, gojciamer-like shreds, and theil I ftull into a sweet slumber, lying th^re nude aa Adam before hh Ihll, with the salt breew blowing over my free Umps, and the song of the sea gently jwurihg through my dream. "Iloat ahoy!" Jturned in my deep and half awo|e. •'Boat a—ho^y!"

h6^

I sprang to my leet. The sun was klmost to the meridian, and the sea lyas like a sheet of glass. Will and Cte$ar had fully dressed themselves, and, having tied mv shirt to a long stick, the litter was waring it frantically, while tiie former shouted at the top of his voice

Boat a—b—o—y!" S And presently there came a thin,clqar shout responso, from a long, Iqw skiff, which, with a Single individual captain and crew, waa hugging u? dusky fringe or a marsh a half-m le awav. ,,

I picked up my pipe and ran down to my companion* as I saw tho little vesi el set her prow Ih our direction, and jot

into nrv clothes aa quick as poaaiblo. "Capital Lui^-ta»piUM,. luck cri Will. "Wo'll hire tbo fellow to tak9 back*to IJerkley's!"

The man pulled toward us very lofs ureb\ and bcu ho, lwU CQUJO to witliin bow-shot of us, he backed his oa-». and swinging a heavy detible-barrelpd

wcm^wcoly aware of the,coming »hot-?nn acrnw his lap, called out tin it struck us Hud rovcrH^o

5SSr^»»i. »'«i r°is

Well, whftt wauliu

INTLaswtflaw almost alwayn "We want to get away from liori our *«U, «w ier»ou is at cned Will. "We wero caught in the 'iar«.M?M^r thai the IHXJT.I squajl this morning, and had our Iwat the bel ...« »Kn himH RK it wrecked. uid wfliu hero ,iu a sortjol '''itm?k mea Mh:^ «.lonthe head Wit ^recked,

our IK,«.

rtjoi

'Je,

Well, who are ye?" wasthorespo a half growl, the tonraiof which ra# ed across tho water liko a file, sie bowed his head as he spoke, as if Jn deep thought.

We're a party from over at Ber k-

ley's," I auswered, "and we want to $ et back there. We'll pav you well for yKir trouble if vouMl pull us over." "What's" them you've got. iu liands?" yj,. vj "I/ng-bows."

j)et

What d've say lJiiws—hows snd arrows." Things to shoot with ,v .»

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We heard the fellow mutter something as If to himself, and then he let go a roar of laughter that set lib boat to rocki" and fairly startled us with its sudd ness and intensity. liows an' arrers, did ye ssy

To be shuah," put in Qwsar "to shuah, and dey out-shoot yer blamo shot-gun, loo, I tell ye now I*

mir"s^pwVtmk "hwi (wtoidwi. we took our disaster .In very good part, tni feet. Will laughed immwerately, and, if aoj one of us vrm really frightened, it WHS S«a,. Novvrthoiews, tho prelkauu«it remained. Our camp W"« fi*o miles away, on the inaln-latid, ana hkvden from onr view by a rln«itor of dN

T£

ok our way along the fWHJ» w«(d UH it «rt*l t»W hiiOrt ^Sock. Hal* 1ul Six ^ur "*tas!wd to O«T bools, «w mtim tKide oar »r»gr«aa rwt ndlaom#, but we «cw»*er?4!«ttd w»on entered l^aTTaraiel'thJoagh which *r» rtmmder ylSto^rSmS^epe slTvwed with tuitu

^raWuUml gwre of J* *aa a oomudrraWe «*lm strptrh«f land shellww'•ai**. ynnd which lav U» low lii» «f ibm ftortdaeoml fbimn was now high enough to begin to b*1 (Vmar's snggewtton w* ckHhe*, wrong U»«

w*t*r

and hung them up d^r- "J*4** H? ot^itgs^f -rnata. w« hmA to lie

Tlw man laughed again, and then ing his oars he pulled up, and 3 promptly came ashore, He was a lit: wiry fellow, sixty yesrs old. perha but apparently none the worse for Ills hair was stifE, long, and iron as were also his beard aud eyebro He was dressed in a shirt and trousAs of coarse cotton cloth, resembling ordinary bed-ticking, and had on an okl,

oacb oUi- greasy otter-skin cap. XI is feet ware clothed In a sort of moccasin-boot, evidently of his own make. His shot-g^i, a verv long one, vas of lino Kngli^h manufacture, number ten guage, aud,of abont thirteen pounds weight. "Well, we!1, how d'ye all do?" said he, looking curiously from ©no to another of us, and letting his eyes at last 4* themselves upon Will six-foot-six-

Inch snakH*ootf bow, A beautifully-, finished weapon. We rutponiiod veryciviUy, and proMKKIMI to more particularly relate our disaster and tho nature of onr nredldament. Ho listened apparently with innch Interest. When the atorw ynm flnished, he winked st me and said: "Oot any tertjackef 'bout yer ol# Clothes?"

%'m

we«

ilw3 ^av« were sluftina a

-r*nd «u»d.nrni\ng up their white, iiaftds »i k^ng%rt»«- tfie iWosje, nh" »H* *he h'viaptv and .w, as tho ctouds brt»ke *w»v Im» thr.'w athwart the m«hy Isl-j ami* and the hr.i\1ntr tmtem a flood*!'

"Ole olnthas repe^ed Cif*ar, with olioclOe. '%iko kiipwr what etlli a $ I 1 prompfiy ofl^Tfd my poneh, Iwt found tbst It *nw rfwwiug-tobacco he

Cew»r," salcf "Will,,"ont

your dog-leg, and lot this gr-nrtetnau have a chew-

ginls. «*Th*f

it's* the doeynioitt^ iflrkKl the dtfHghledhfT-^Uftt's the dw#dspkey. Wo'll^e^- dJV'de *h« tering I Ms

xnkt^ ment, d»pk«*y..

handing back t\T«r about otm-OiLnl of tko mnaUcr thorpof* TUi i| rto.r filing a6 duormoiistfiild in hh» won^t,

"*Th*?s die el»ar sUUT. darkey, W stuff. Thwky. b«y, thwky.' (,esar grinned confusedly, ^'rtgfiow hl store of pr^cMa* crw»ttn* ®wwTiq was dinifnlsbcd, iwnnatJe 110 retsark. lao«a ybnW+MiX'SP* DO fich oia ftaak of UIQ j'y fttl JulcH O"/ nothi a eh (anothef Knowing wink.)' replied that ntortwuiMf had

We?l°f s^l^th** eaWt b# lW*lp. I *»p«ae, fmt a draper U»« wiotT woaldnjt b»o«twlkol«Mm 'bwrt now

TrtU ssyr* Well, 1 dos?» know. It's too IK* J«a* now* Ws nwstt wU Aroapd In the ahado hcre lilt t«w«nl Avsnlng sn' talk the itoittcr owr 11'• ietKidwft mifae frosS hers Bifkljy'k, r» not gwtae to try UN* U*b wind sad Uda, an' tight iu theheat of the day, too. "M wfl

h"^S3ier

B| .w* *m*

agree tn take W?

i|«firlol»«Kttatliu4*

of, sleeping thfti «r« might gat «*U»*r

«nlnd about so»#thln|to e«,

•Id the old fellow. "1*^ V* Itrub

round with these here bows snd arrersl"

There waa a smack of genuine ouriosi

ty in his voice and could not refrain from while we lounged In to

were on the point of embarking in his

the

qur gran inc

yuld hai

Jri-

nptn thoWoodctl cresreht that ftun the IfeMing-place of the wllrf-fowi. Tho old, inan, as he pulled us air ng with slow, steady strokes, told us. ist he was fivfng Jnst the sort of lifte t$afc pleased him. lie "was as happy desired to be. He had a little "j. over pn the island yonder, a few oran|e trees, a gar'den-spoC, some bananfis, some flg-trees, and a few other comfbrt* suited ^r his,mode of life. For the rost be hunted and fished, and took the world easy.

peoplo rusbing and racing after wealth when contentment a" much more preferable. How long liad

We drew on, and, passing round t&e sickle-like point of the crescent and through a narrow way Uetween high walls of rushes, swqit into a singular pond-llko place, where tnfts of tall grass dotted the surface of the water, which waa literally aUye with fowl, I sbarrd my thlrtv-foivr 'arrows t'qtialfy with NVlH, and'when every 'thing was reat^v, the sport began* The old man reftmed to fire him to this was In fnet, wa never did better work than on that evening. $nna half-aocUisntal wing-shots resulting from lotting dirijve through a bunch of ducks as they rose from the water, i«irtlonlarly pteas^doiir boatman, and when I clipped a rcd-hend through a quartering shot over liftv yards of water, he clapped his limnis and most emphatically and prbfanoly prabed both tuy skill and my. lemonwood weapon, which latter was the first of tho kind I had ever tried, and proved to bo a marvel of elasticity aud |)Ower.

Part of the time I. took my staud on a low tussock, keeping well hidden in the high grass, whence 1 had some boatiti ful shots at short distances, scoring a number, of charming hits, but losing arrows so rapidly that presently, to my surprise, I Irad but seven left. After this, I took nono but fair chanccs and shot with great care. Mycompanibns in tho canoe kept drifting slowly around here and there, continually driving llie birds to me, and if I had a fresh sheaf of arrows, I could have kill scores. I was astonished to find thorn so tame, quite often when I knocked one over, its companions would, instead of flying away, swim curiously round about the fluttering victim. This is ono of the beauties of hunting with our weapon When yob *hoot it makes no report. Tho short, dull sound of the bow's reciil can bo heard but a little distance, afcd the sharp whisper of a well-sent arriw is not a cbaraeter to frighten ganje. When wo left that estuary, it Was jfofc literally moving with fowl, though we had killed a great number. It so maty shots from a fowling-piece had been tired there, not a wing would have #0mained! The mere noiso Itself would have driven thorn away.

We had lost all our arrows when, about an hour befofe suuset. we slip out through the narrow, (ibauuol 1 pulled away for the lotf-lylng Isla close in to'the main-lnnd, upon whifch our boatman lived. Aj steady pull !of

US ASLK|B

led the.

TEKRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

lofl-bow.

wltK the fBtQK,

W^re

chila, and Br tke ifmo the tide ed ^fcacr«Hentl3|PKon and admiration. When ... kis food, which proved very palatable, and, having struck a bargain with him, the point

KYtUt WWj p«n jvi

perhnjs three-quarters of an hQur, o\^er a blue, peaceful sheet of sea, brottght Ms Into the mouth of a slender creek, catting with a graceful curve into the heart of the Island. This ,_was our way. We looked beyond a prtnit of marsh to our

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...

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orange*

Ijoyosd thts of^opvn. house, or rt)rtntI1o^ #rwbrr«i. We 'nM-Jt tfeftv tioor by 4»l«wiut^ooW»« fiV) mat^s wife., A married svu with his wffo and thrvo rttldwd dweK here. UKI a ram«rrtf *,«,1lln,®,» ,hB* *,how hw^^oryjwn ro.^l ^hype

T.J.

Bid

2i£V:^STmr^^oSrer. drean. encHithfof uf .Mofui faOand-home embowered In

Br1l«d ftih, duek« an' UU.to bread, an a few ocangea, S'pose w® can make out Ihoutynu'tetooonwi«tnonpowertSi Aa for tekto .51®^ HtHtlrr\ **poae I can do it, aee jw it, a Ax. But the main thing with me about now Is to know what in the world joq'm a fc)4n' away out here, play in

the did-

HitwMrtntt *s ^e tkv

mrtr* ftrndWar \Ti*h h» pectiliani«r,' and 4^ *'»d his hwusehdia' i-Hjmod delighted to h^ve us for jtuefia. I look flreSt pleasure In nnswenng tlie uo

ventures ramble*. ronmntlc than tho sJtimtlon and dreomirtanres of this holalod honie |»i«irul of the semi-tn»pic». b\ hl«ntiy rt

rtrftt/wtiew flWcottsi was ynknowu aad whoroiho«uod or tbe bad effocU or sdledreC ly bSen 1

whaTareCTkUwTrefl»e"ent and culture had searfcftly W*rd of. Year afto* x*%t they WHd IWed a«ong tfctlr m«ng% leUOB, «od ponMStmnsto yi«ir h«man«s au&i ngs, with no wants beyond the ready power of unaided N« tnn» to supply, ,WBt aoihlftg li*» «*l lihor to do. I tWok the

,effd with

JD-dO. I tWok

•y would have willingly »e» up tho

s&ttu:«W-a»£ r4dent

aad aiwrtsra aa 1 ootud call to

mind abd relate fcr their am uwmeok Such utter simplicity would be hard to Imagine If onehad not witniwdlt. "fiSat nigbt rtepc cm dry, awes* beda

wcuiw ummmn A# w«i« of in faktamt-homo emjwwerou in tropical frult-treea, where dweU ln tbe bonom of my fomily. Next rooraing we were taken out In the sail boat, and bad a charming voyages of two hours to

reached TV*rkler\ nothing

woald do oar old friend ana his son hut

to have Will and me take a freeh su

of arrows and

week's sport.

blob I urgen

eaten

lie didn't' see any" dse of greater game, however for the »»treod" a bear which Will and I bwio. to earth with Ave arrows, one of wbi with a "bodkin point," I drove entirely through his head, paassing in betwf the ear and thseya» and coming out the other side just below the eye. \yas the largest animal we have e^ killed With the bow. His weigiit abbrft thrte hundred pounds, I Shot guess, though we had no means of asc taining4t, ^Vegayotho skin to tho

Thirty years

Was at tho point of doath with consump tion when lie came—from Tennessee, I beliovo—and now see how lialo and stong he wib for dne of his years!

man.

with them for a

ly hearty waa this requ plied, and that ve

again and bospi host cepta store amoi^wBich were'a somelcnireund forks, and a small box

of 1 not give tbe

name onniirfllitrrato but honest and ^aitniiiglj hciapiUible fiwiily, and my reason Is easily understood. They are

?afa wSafiJold reasoTils'easily understood." Theyare something rare. The

in tie morning. As ir iy way oi sauce generumij «iu «.»c.r to this suggestion, be saii H^wnW k«ow«^ to take tlm ^tuary b«for« menUpnedHn, and nimbHng'idead-hoad 'W id have au hotir tw of every winter flock to the Smith, their shotting wi!d-I^Vvl. No h- peacefnl retreat would eooiv become, to ing «oulfl have better pleased us. 1 he U*we ignorant hut geutlo lieriniUM-'" proposition was qnickty noeepted, ad endurable. five IDI nutes later we were in his ktani CB It is not the PNRFXISE or }HLS pa. boat sweeping at no mean speed do vn irfre a detailed aeconnt of the many

_„htful adventures that befell as dur the ejgbt days that we had our he quarters at '''Hermit ITome/'as Will ever since called tho place. The man and his son did little else hut us here and ther# from one Jmnti: ground to another, finding it a cons' source of amusement to watch us sh

We ran up a small stream some in into tbo muin-laud once, a,nd.spent days deer-bunting, but saw only deer, and thlsHve did not kill. We

Tho following night we, camped on t| beach, having for our bed the soft, wai sand, aud for our canopy a sky as bllie and resplendent as that of Italy. Abjut midnight, happening to become wakeful and restless, I put on my clotho* (I had been sleeping wrapped in a light blanket,) and, taking my b» lighted my plpo, ana strolled leistl

loosea wjunj. »^V, 1 Feal VcAlh of the tropics. The title tL» rtiade Strong enrrenta between tho llttle of rod-hot louchlng th6 far uimu* off*ftLorOi down which tbo "porlimit of the j^yr^od s«i, and then _we

b(»w anf quiver, strolled leistirqly

round a point of rush-marsh border! a liuger of shell-beach a half-mile sou of us. Tbo moon, nearly at its fUll, high, and shining with a power known in latitudes farther north, could dlstinguish objeots at a distai almost aa readily as by daylight, a the peculiar sheon of llie water and ditnly defined shadows of the rus made beautiful lines of oontrast athw tiie mellow .picture. Tho wind drew irentlv landward, sharp and fragrant] a

rar)f ri«ing

passeiUnto th^coo^})^' cut tho surface with thoir dingy swords, made ncharmhifr piifllnRirke Some powerful submarine ran alongtideftf aprettysail lioatlying eng|lteR Mnpxid nt certain point, at, auclior in itNB jfire^ir* PutUng MJU gaaed for along tliue with a dreatnwherea rtlght ot wooden slcjw ,!^.^ a ful sort of interest on tho charming

l«U«l .ndMpeU,

at regular Intervalsto

lnd

WhOJW-wfci^wa»%i»«ijjiHoi w*gtna»»m unnn a tjfngle skhvjrtck woufd shpbt sl-

Yrll«.»wt* irw vv tvr tldorange tre«6.tt ..i- "",, Uw»'ax^.pusw»wloos," hesad.nml, bidding us follow him, he walked rapidly along the' path, drAwlng Into an nnfliartfof some slx iKindtwd

mil' not very thero

t"li"Kta Cl"U"yl

or of 1

«QpV Wbixssinfc iike tDoiwhigs of a quail. Tho nil-pervading murmur oi the sea seemed more like SifencC than found, and, though the'combined lifflft'of tbe »tar« and moon ww wonrierfUliy tarong, still a soft, mysterious wavering nf the out-

awaraof ccrtalu small, shadowy forms stealthily hVil nimbly ruunlng out from the rti*h€* and down the beach to the mrAM

dfed.

«... trpfod

th\t had befallen m« in jay sow caMoLfc Ute»vl. co«id bear tb«n I dan thlrfk of nothing mono quaorelfasg in sharp tones the while tbey msdo a munching sound aa if cracking shefts with theft toeth. They looked seinstiling larger Utah eats, and ran, Of

death with the contending

close, lurd wrestle for the mastery.

•o evident- strung my .bow aa quick could

we com

ftd us

forward, let

xjver Saw, pierced thffiugb and near by lay a raccoon dying wounds the bird bad given it. I frequently before seen owls and strike smaller animals, hot this something rare. Tho raccoon was a very my arrow may t, but I think it did _d to camp, and, refre*iH*l by my curious ad ven tore? down and slept till almost sunrise.

fr«sl»e«l~ly nty eork

WhiTe 6tx thlfe h'ttnt I got ldst In a "u'io u.i iu.» e. —bride!« lap. and handed the old la4y (in densd swatnp, *nd tbouglit fora whfre o^her. She turned up her nose, raised *»...» nAVAr.Min Mflbftina ah(l her spectacres^and thus addressed that Ijbhould never again see home ai i'rieuds. .Such a vile place as that swamp wasTliopo to be forover clear of. It Waa the paradise of shakes, must h«ye seen thousand moccastna. They wjc# everywhere—on logs, on little tussle awinuning Ip tho water, writhing gether afnonjf the tangled roots of-tho frees, drying themsrtvei on the cyprefsknecs, sliding and squirming about my feet, lafminy, ihoir red, forked twngu^s, and leering at ipe/roui every conceiVabh? jihice—yon Would not give crodoitee to tbe'wholetruth ff I "shotild-tiell it. For four terrible hours I wafled round and round in that venomous place, shouting myself hoarse, and blowihg my histle tfll thy Iip« ^eh» sore, finally 1 found a little ditch-like stream, and,following this it led me out, Nmv this stream, and. Ju thp* midst of the swaMp, I ciinie to an old, half-fotten boat, which had once been painted blue, and on its gunwalo Was still legible the inscription "'U. S. A., 1832." No doujl)t -this was a relic of some tragedy, but what wore its circumstances, ana who its actors, wo can never know. The boat had been in its present position jor many years, for considerable trees wore growing in such a way as to show that tncy htul sprung up smcc, and onechd of the vessol, sunken deep in the swamp-muck, was literally crushed In tho grasp of hugo rot ts that had twijifed themselves around it. I

I was overjoyed when dgalh fohnd my friends. I lolt as though I had befen delivered from wor.se than a. den lions, and I imagined I had suffered the horrors withoht tho dementia of lirium ti-omeiis.

hawks

The following day we taturned to the Harmlt's Island, O-id the next we w«q| hack U) Berkley's, wfeenca, the seasjou

being jdxut,aver, we- n^sde our„wsy the hill-oou'ntry of North Georgia spend the-Summer In the pl&uantVfd ley of tbo Oooaawatteo, whwre the ha|r thihlng ia bg»t that I kjqow of in tl

A A

i» -4 -".llJOii Hi 4"- f»W :^S|9| f«o# THE BRIDAC PARTY.

A Jgpthcr iii-Law Fxcrcipa bsr

tcjiite on a Wedding Trip.

.ilFrmn tbe Detroit fYee Frass.| hi There were three of them. One was bride, the other a happy groom with re. ears and maiden whtskerSjaud the third was the bride's mother. They were a tbe Grand Trunk depot yesterday morn ing to take the train Weat, rTboyopng man clasped the young wife fat hand, rolled up his eyes, and they seemed py, while thh ttiotnel^ftt-law paraded and down (he sitting zoom with lordly air, and seemed well satisfied. Pretty soon tbe groom went out, and when he returned he' threw* Ave pop-corn halls and a big bar at pqariut candy Into Krirlnfa lurt and lltinilod

tihe

young mail with red ears:''

u\Vhy,

iSee here, Poter White, yau axe m»rri&& Sabiutha^ ain'i you?"ytwi

imt,|

of coufse."

And I have right W Ibel an Interest in you?" '.\Ol couxse."

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fus nil

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.||VM WUSCUI -IT'- 7--T-And we are now on your bridal towdiVfeiniito6V' -4* 'I

Yet."

na!K von oongnt oysiers you oongina juekkntfe, and You've just' thrown mouey away. I feel that it is my duty to tell you to luJd up before yop make a fool of yourself!"

Whoso moWey is thls'f" he asked, growing very rod i«bbe hice.:K»U It in yours, a^id what Is yours Is 8abiutlia's, and it Is my /luty as her mother to speak out wheu 1 wo you fooling your money a*oy.'*r

I guess 1 cau'takd careof my money lie retorted, Perhaps j'pit. cau, Peter Whitebut thero are .those" in j-our family who can't." lie struggled with hii feelings as the bride shook her head at hhu, and then

I a a 1 No, sir, yon didn't, yhu little bowiegged spology for a man but Lhavo a right to speak for my daughter." \*iu can speak all you jvant tQ, Vbt ant you to nnd(*ratand

!that»

^-an

manage my bwn affairs, and that Tfcla't care for your advioa." Peter White waving the nose,

4,I

se§ we' _o

we might as weU baVe it How." la I ma 1" whispered the bride,, pulling at tho old lady's shawl.

Y011 needn't ma me, Sablhtha! This Peter Whlto has deceived us both about his temper, and I'm going to tell him just what 1 think of bun! Lie oommencod this fuss, and wll sco who'll end ft." "You mihd*your busiuesa(tond I'il attend to minel" growled Peter, "Oh, you huuipbackod hypocrite?" she hissed, jatbing'at his eve with tho peanut bar. "Only a month ago ysti called mo 'Mother Hull,' and was going to give me tho best room iu tbe $4w house!"

You'll never have a room in a houM» of mine 1" ho e*c!alhwd. And I doa't want ono, you rod-eared hypocrite 1" »j

Don't, Peter—doh't m&V* ^pbbed the brWe. "It's my duty, SaWntha it's your mother's 1"

Don cry, Sabby,", he Interruptb(l ••don't mltttf what she says!" 'TW to set my daughter -up apaliist

TW to set my d*u, ma, will you f" hhwed tho old l^dy, ias she brought theppauutjiar^Qwn ouhis nose.

Oh! ma!" yelled the bride. You old v-otcfi!?.hiSsed Peteirf as clawed at faor. ,u -1 -t

None ot the Whites will ever ran over m61" exclaimed the mother-trtMaw. as she got btild of his shfrt^eoltar and hauled him around. u-.

I'll knook yeur old rrRtVim|k„. ,t ''You can't knQck noOtinjz!" she fntWrtipted. backing hhii against tbe IAbl*. »d *fl

roon

*l«t

\1. I Ah.kk hnB lat kuhiritlm

W4Ki»leased front' Mw old hidiV

ooiiat havjug been tfiwfe^ff

iw vMeck Scratched. expected lifts and prtpfcred RrrTtn! panted the mothw-ln-lawan stielostitrd agahu* thd -wAll. "£»i* doern OIMI JH bvaay atoaiia! Tbo bridal tow«r will come to atop to«inorr»w, ana

"i m, HI.V wLw.m.

Onef two, Usn», ten, twonty, more to speak up for H»ibinthaor notlV than hundred, of thaifi niArsh«JeI '^s tl^ t^mmetM'Sway daOfald lady Wiihlrid disjjuu^f of throe or four htm- —.miii. KthtmhnwuwMi). vttfd**, some*tio further away than l»w-wMot. My Wlotttkm being

frtni

wore a grim smile. Ing, and Pet^r other paper collar

KmanHy

wen

we'll seo wbethef I've got busindxif

smue. Habintha was l'«t4'r n« wtruggling with

T\" FUA W IIUXTKM II., I These are people who bjeive a nreUc

SS^SI^ur., fo d.uc,0g^o^b,

bowed op and their round taila held "*^v"**" *vr,rv

straight out behind. Now and then a more of them would rash together, amaavntly In great aofpr, Agiil furiously for a« few seconds, then separate, each Individual going his way tinttn the wonw from tho contest. It was a weird tnttnoomi*, Its effect heigbt«t*» ed by MM MUIIOOM «»f the night and tbe deceptive glamour of the moonshine, and. while I watched it with that balfslsrpy tnfnteSt charactetl*»e of ono who iuwgnt up at midnight tram a rastleM aluuiber, suddenly a great biid swept inr me, passing not more than twenty f&t fhm my head. It sped like a my of dirksss, making not the aHgbtet* noted with to wt*e*. aad struck one of tbe small aniotaU like a bolt. A sharp

mlln

appearance 01 evQ, in every man's char actor. They have a fatal scent for car rion, Their memory Is liko a museum at a medical college, and Illustrate* all & hideous distortions and "monstrous

iwtfasfcnd revolting dleedweii by wbicb can bo troo hied and affliete'L less offtnsivs type of tbo same tendency leads »orD« people to find sppar ent satkfactlcB In the dleeovery and proelsmetlon

tbe small anio»iri7ke a bolL A sharp •hrt^*'*!^^Tb?r

cry of enger and pain, and llK?n a goner* powdblllty o( human penectknj. raey yoor

iMvlns ttw beaeh clear with the except! the tion of the bird and Its victim, now In a struggling Evidently It was

ailent, ominous way. a matter ot 11 At tod

tke allghteal defoota In

tte habits of good men. #peak to tbem About a maa whose good works everyBody admires, and they regret that hols rough tn his manner, or so smooth— it Matea ibat bis temper la so hasty, 0* that ho la w» fend of applswe. They seem to bold

If they listen to

,w speaker they reasombor nothing ut some slip In tbo construction of a aenteoea.

THE YEAR

1875-6.

A PS^ER

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