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Bartow Sheriffs Sales.
WILL HE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT
Hou'c <loor In Caitcruvitle, Bartow
County, Georgia, on the
FI rat Tut-uilay la Mareh, 1887,
between the legal rale hours to the highert bid
der, the following described property, to-wit:
One house and lnt ii. the village of Meehan
h aville, Bartow county, Ga., lot containing one
half acre, rooie or less, bounded east by Austin
Foster*’* lot, north by Jtff Franklin’s lot, rout)
by George Thom a lot, west by Louisa MooreV
lot. Utiol on and will be sold a* the piopetti
or Han Johnson as sger t f,.r wife to ra'iafy on<
State and county tax 11. fa. in lavsr St: te uiul
county lor 1883 \. -ai<l Dan Johnson, agent l< 1
ai.e. Levy mu.le and leturned to me by F. II
Franklin L.C Property in possesion of de
fendant. fl.lß.
Al>o at the same time and place, 32 acres,
more or leas, of lot of land number 2TC in the
23rd district and 2nd aection of Bartow county
Ga., said 32 acres lying in the southwest corner
of said lot 256. levied on and will I e toll as
the propirty of Mr*. Virgfna McDaniel to sat
isfy one State and county t .x 11. fa. for 188 va.
Mr*. Virginia Ms Daniel. Bevy made at.d re
turned to me by G- W. lleesc, L. C. H 79
Also at the same tirn -and place, lots of land
numbers 190.1, l<ot>, IWW and 1224, in the 21st dis
trict and 2nd. rcetioa of Barlow county, Ga
l.evled on and w 11' be sold tslhe Jl perty ol
deiondant, Mile* G. Dobbins, Sr., ‘o satis? one
State and county tax 11. fa, fa DB, against
Mile* U. Dobbins, Sr., (in and in dis
pute ) $2.37.
Al-oatthe the .Mine time and place, lots of
laud numbeis 15,57 andßß, In the 17th district
and Erd section ol Ilaitow county, Ga. Ltvied
ou and will be sold it the property of defendant
P. 11. Reynolds to satiety one Sta’e and tounty
tax 11. la. for 1886 against P. H. Reynolds, and
in his po>so*sion. $1.98.
Also at the *a.;ac time andpl .ee, lots of land
nuiubcrs 246. 248, 934 and 235. in the 16th di-triot
aul 3rd section of Bartow county, Ga. Al-o
lota numbeis 128, 129, 169, 161, and 162 in the 17th
district and 3rd section of Bartow county, Ga.
Levied on an l will be sold as the properly of J.
C. Brans>n, agent, to satisfy one State and
county tax 11. fa. for ÜB6 against s.i I J. C.
Branson, agent, and in his p asessi n. $3.15
A's > at the same time and place,one iron axle
tw o hoise wagon and body, b.iUglit Of Baker A
Hall. Also one Gamble skein x wagon; nl o
one yoke of steer-, f.otb red, about six y< nrs old.
uLotwobiy mare mulis, one aix.ut 20 years
old the other about 12 yoars obl| uls i one while
cow ami calf, tow about ten yeaisold; also one
speckled cow and calf, the cow about six years
old; one white nnd one speckled heifer about
three years oil each, Levied on by virtue of a
mortgage and will be sold to satisfy ; mortgage
It f. from the city court of Curtersville, in Bur
tow ciunty, in favor of Win. K. Mil ts vs, J
i‘. Guyton as property of defendant. $3 78.
Alao at the same time and place, the following
property, to-wit: One house and lot in the city
of Cartersville, Ga.. Containing one-fifth of an
acre, more or l.*s, bounded on the east by public
•uuare, south by St. James llolel, w est by lot ol
Mrs G. M. Marsh, north by < nice if the estate
of A. Johnson, deceased. Levied on and will be
sold as the property of Thos. It. Baker, one of
defindants, to satisfy a justice comt 11. fa. fisin
the 822d district, G. M., of said county in favor of
Mrs. M. It. Akermun, executrix, etc., vs. James
Young and Th*s. 11. Baktr. Pioperty in pos
pcs-ion of T. 11. Baker. Levy made and re
turned to mo by G’. M. Gladden fo. mer L. C. $3.96
Also at the same time and place 65 acres of
laud being parts of lots of laud Nos. 680 and
,62, iu the 4th district and 3rd section of Bartow
county, Ga., being the 03 acres of said lots
ow ned by the ltoane Iron Company. Levied on
and will he sold as the property of the Roane
Iron Company to satisfy one state and county
tax 11. fa. for 1886 against H. S. Chamberlain
{ires. lioane Iron Cos. Levy made and returned
to me by F. C. Watkins, L. C.
A Go at tnc same time and place, the following
property, to-wit j One house and lot in the city
of Cartersville. Ga., bounded on the north by
Garter street, outlie east by property of T. H.
Raker, west by property of Mason Thomas, and
on the south by the piropcrty of Mrs. L. T. Er
win. Levied on under and by virtue of a
Justice Court 11. fa. issued from the Justice
Court of the 322 (list. G. M., of said county, in
favor of L. G. Jones vs. Ilayves Milner, ns the
property of the defendant. Property pointed
out by plaintiff and in the possession of tiic de
fendant. Levy made and returned to inc by F.
C. Watkins, L. C.
Also at the same time and place, tire following
described projierty, to-wit: One house and lot
iu the City of Cartersville, Ga., containing
acre more or less, bounded as follows: On tire
west by property of Mro. J. J. Howard, south
try Stokeiy street, west and north by vacant lot
of li. M. Pattillo. Levied on under and by vir
tue of a Justice Court ti. fa. issued from the
Justice Court of the 322nd dist. G. M., of said
eouuty, in favor of L. G. Jones vs. Jim Spencer.
Property poiutedout by the plaintiff and in the
possession of tire defendant. Levy made and
returned to me by F. C. Walkius.L. C. $3 57
Also at the same lime and place, the follow
ing property, to-wit: A lot in tire city of Car -
tersville, Ga., with blacksmith shops and shoe
shops thereon, bounded on the east by W. A.
Bradley's shop, west by property of Angeiine
Peacock, nortii by the old Crawford property
and on the south by Main Street. Levied on as
(lie property of the defendant, under and by
virtue of a Justice Court fl. fa , issued from the
.1 ustice Court of the 822nd dist. G. M. of said
county, in favor of L. G. Jones vs. Ellis Patter
son. Property pointed out by plaintiff and in
possession of Milner ft Patterson. Levy mad
and returnod to me by F. C. Watkins, L. C.
$8.63.
Also at the same Hsr® and p!ace, the follow
ing prcpaity to-wit: A lot in ihe city ol Car
icixnMe, Ga., with blacksmi h and shoe sh >p
thereon, bounded on the east by W. A Brad
ley’s shop, on the west by Angeiine Peacock’s
proper y, noith by tho old Crawford property,
so'itbby M -iu street. Levied on as the properly of
Ellis Patterson, under aud by virtue or a justice
court tt fa issued Ir m the jutlice’s court of the
832..d district, G. M., of said county, in favor of
U. U. Joins ft Boor M’f'gCo. vs. Elli Putlerson
Property iu p>ses-iou of E'l : s Patterson and
psinted out by pl.iiutiff. Levy made and re
turned to me by F. C. Wu:kins, 1.- C. $3.66.
Also at the same time and place, the following
property to-wit: One house mid lot in the city
ol CsriersviUe, Ga., bounded on the north by
Gaiter street, east .by properly of T. 11. Baker,
west by property of Mason Thomas and on the
south by property ol Mrs. L. T. Eiwin. Levied
ou as tbe property of defendant, under and by
virtue <-f a justice couit fl. fu. issued from the
justice’s count ol the 822nd distri t, G. M., Of
said county, in favor of R. 11. Jones if- Sons
M'l’g Cos. vs, llayucs Milner. Pi-operty in pos
ics-ion of delendnut and pointed out by plain
tiff*. Levy made aid returned to me by F. C.
Watkins, L. C. $3.69.
A. M. FRANKLIN, Sheriff.
J. W. WILLIAMS, Dcp’y Slieri ff
Adiiiiiiistrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA, Bar Sow County :
By virtue of n ( r.ler fiom the Court of Onli
nary of said county of Bartow, will be sold be
fore the court bouse and or in Cartersville, Ga,,
within the legal hours of sale, on the th>t Tues
day iu March, 1887, the following pr tperty, to
wit: One certain tract of land iu the 15th dis
trict and 3rd section of said county, known as
the “Home Place," whereon John C. Aycock
re ideJ at the tune ot hie oeath, containing 2<o
ceres, more or lea.-, and bounded on the north
by tbe lands of Thomas It. Turner and Mrs.
t oruelia Gaines (row Reeves), en the east by
the lands of Mix. A. L Bearing, south by the
lands of A. M. Penn and Mrs. A. F. Manning,
and on tho west by the lands ot Mrs. M. F. Wil
son ; flity or more acres cleared ; ordinary ini
provimeuta. Oothcatoea Greek runs through
this tract. Also one otht r certain pureel of land
containing forty acres, more or less, being part
oflot of land number 167 in the 15tb district and
3rd section of said county, and bounded as fol
lows: On the north by lands ot Thomas Skel
ton, on the east and south by lands of Jarrett
Gordon and on the west by Western and At
lantic railroad. All in cultivation. No im
provements. All sold as the pr< party of the
estate of Jno. C. Aycock, late of sail county,
deceased, for the purpose of pay ing debts and
distribution. Terms of sale, Cash. This 2ith
ol January, 1887.
W. J. IIILBURN,
Adm’r de bonis non, Estate of Jno. G. Aycock,
deceased.
Citation for Leave to Sell Land.
GEORGIA—Bartow County.
To all whom it may concern: Mrs. Fanny
11. Gonvers administratrix ol G. It. Conyers,
deceased, lias in due fonn applied to the un
der-igued for leave to leli the lands belonging
to tbe etat of said deceased, aud said appli
cation will be heard or. the first Monday in
March next. This isth January 1887.
J. A. HOWARD,
Ordinary.
RHEUMATISM CURED.
Read the Evidence.
K RNmtv, Oct 4. 1835
Messrs lluuuicutl A <*., Atlanta, Ga: Gts
ri.tsKN Having be'B .' tHicted with rheum-nism
or severs 1 years, : u i on y feting teiu ( orary
reli f at time-. 1 wi- induced to tiy your lth. it
-1 ui itie t,u e wli 1 1 in ttruits la t June, -nil rug
with a severe at a< k whi e Ibe.e, and found bu
rned lee! cT. and was entirely cure t alter tak
ing two Is-tttis. 1 c .Haider it the be-t rtieumat c
ißedieine now on llic mnrki t. and can well take
pi a u e iu rei o:nm mini* it to those alllieted
with thi, ditea e. Yours vry trul*.
N. HAIGHT,
Tiaveliog Agent l'ni‘ n Pacific Railway co., 436
Wist Mam Street.
Mr. Albert Howell says: A short time ago I
tuff red Ic ri'ilv with rtieuma’i-m It was im
possible to walk even with crnt-hc-. I could
iot put my foot t > the floor. I lound ui rele'
tri m treatment or r medy • nt l I tried Ilunni
rutt’ Rheum iticCuie. Itefoie 1 h id ilnislud the
i-oixitid liottle my iheum itU'n w iis ent .rely gone.
I | ut my crutches ; side :nl have never f It a
twi- gc- of rheumatism since. lam well, and can
say m j cure is p-rfect ul (>i iuime.it. it is
certainly a Woiidoriul medi'-ine.
AI.BERT HOWELL.
Union Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 16, 1886.
Messrs. J. M. Hunniciitt ft o: DkakSiks-We
have m.I I large quaoli ie* of your HunnicuttN
Kheu ua’ic Cure and have never kn iwn any
Uieparati iu to give m>re ui.iver at satisfaction
as are i.e ly L i Rhf umaisrr We coi filer it the
only reliable Rheum me Cure on the market.
Y'umc, Ac...
HUTCHINSON A BRO.,
Druggists 14 Whitehall Street,
SSO REWARD.
WE WILL GIVE THE ABOVE REWARD
lor any case in Rheumatism. Blood Boi.-on
or Kidney lß.a*e that llunn cult’s Rheumatic
Cure wil not cure if taken according to direc
ti ns. We me in just what we ray. J. M llun
nicutt & 10, Allan a. Om This wonderiul
me li. ine is f. r sale by all tßst-clas* druggw s.
Cartersville Land and Improve
ment Company.
GEORGIA, Bartow Cjusty:
To the Superior Court of said County:
The petiiioa of J. 11. AVikle, J. W. Ilarri?, .Tr. (
It. 11. Jones, W. C. Baker, Thom ts W. Milner,
11. H. Hall, Jno. T. Norris and E. E. Freeman,
Douglas Wikle and associates show that they
have entered into an Association and r the name
and style of “The C irtersvil’e Land and Im
provement Company.’’ That the object of said
Association is to engage in the busiue.-s of buying
and selling and improving land, building and
renting houses, and otherwise engage in a (jin
eral Real Estate Agen jy in said County, in said
State, and in tire ci y of Cartersville, with
power to purchase and hold jropertv, real or
personal property ; to sue and be sued, and to
exercise all power usually conferred upon cor
porations of simiilar characters, as may be con
sistent with the laws of Giorgio, That said
As ;ci ilioit is to hare its place of business in
said city ot G’artcrsi ille. Petitioners further
show that the capital slock of ni I Association is
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars; that ten per
cent of said stoi k will be paid in before the
commencement of business by said Assoc atlon.
Your petitioners pray the pus-ing of an order
by tlie said Honorable Court, granting this their
application, and that they nnd (heir successors
be incorporated for and during a term of got
cvoceling t" enty yens, v. i h the privilege of
r. newal at the expiration of said twenty years ;
and that duiing the said term of twenty y< ars
they be allowed to increase the capital s'o kol
said company to One Million Collars, for the
purposes hereinbefore set forth.
And petition era will ever p ay, etc.
MILNER, AKIN, HARRIS,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
Trustee’s Sale.
GEORGIA, Barlow County:
By virtue of a decree of the Superior
Court of Chattooga County, Georgia,
will be sold before the Court-house door,
iu the city of Cartersville, on THURS
DAY, the 10th day ot February next,
betweeu the legal hours of sale, the
house and lot known as the M. I. W.
Thomas property, containing three
fourths of an acre, bounded on the north
by D. W. Curry and J. W. Harris, Sr.,
south by Leake" street, east by loi A. O.
Maffett, and west by the lands of James
W. Harris, Jr. The house contains five
rooms, nicely plastered, a most beauti
ful lot, and located iu a desiruble part of
the town. Terms cash.
This January 3d, 1877.
GEO. D. HOLLIS, Trustee,
for Minnie W. Thomas.
ISxecutor’s Sale.
By virtue of ax order from the
Court of Ordinary of Bartow County, will
lm sold before the court house door, in Carte rs
ville, said rotinty, within the legal sale hours,
on the ilrst Tu sd*y in March next, the follow
ing property tc-wit: Six acres of land, being
part of lot of land No. 101, in the tith district
and 3d section of said countv, with the im
provements thereon, same being only ordi
navy, lying near Cortm* Creek church, and
joining ihe lands of W. W. Hannah and others.
Sold as the prope ty of William J. Botnar, de
ceased, for the payment ol debts. Terms cash,
January 15,1887.
JAM ES R. PRITCII \ R I),
Executor.
Notice of Dissolution.
Notice is hereby given that the
Arm of Culpepper A Whitesides is this
day Pi-solved by mutual consent. All parties
owing the ttrm will come forward and settle,
and those having claims will come and have
them liquidated. _
January Ist, 1887.
CULPEPPER A WHITESIDES,
Stilesboro, (la.
GEORGIA, Bartow County ;
T. P. Moadows has applied for i xemption ol
personalty, and I will pass upon the same at in
o’clock a. m. on the 18th day ol February, 1887,
at my ofiicc. This 24th day of January, 1887
J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, Bartow County:
To All Whom it Mav Cancem: BryantT.
Leake, guardian of Olivo Branham Olivia
Rogers and Samuel S, R< ger*. minors, lias mH-e
application for leave to sell the lands belonging
lo ihe estate of s nd minors, and said application
will be heard and passed upon on the first Mon
dav in March next. This 2nd day of Fe rnarv,
1887. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary.
KORGI A— Bartow County.
Mjs F.C. Memmler has applied for exemp
tion of personalty and setting apart and valu
ation ol homestead, and I will pas- upon the
same at 10 o’clock a. in., on the 18ih day ol
February, 1887, at my other. This 20th January
1887. J. A. HOWARD,
Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Bartow County.
To all whom it may concern: Notice is
hereby given that I, Elisabeth Duckett, a resi
dent of said county, intend to become a public
ai.d nos* trader, and this advertisement is in
serted in the Couraut-American lor one
month in order that I may become a public
free trader under the laws of this State. And
I, W. W. H c'telt, her husband, hereby con
sent lo the same-
January 13th, 1887.
ELIZABETH IIACKETT,
W. W, 11 VCKKTT.
GEORGIA, Bartow County :
Whertas Petition has been fl’.ed ly the citi
zens ol 1 1.8 828th district, G. M., of said county
lor au election for Fence or for Slock Law, to
be ordered in said di-trict, and notice is hereby
given that after the expiration o‘ twenty days
from this date an clect'on will be ordered un
it ss objections are filed in terms oi the Statute.
Said ap lira ion will be passed upon on the
19t It day of February, 1887. This January 24th,
1887. J. A. HOWARD. Ordinaiy.
GEORGIA, Bartow County:
AVui r. as. Petition ha- been filed by the citi
zens of the 822nd di-tdet, G. M., of said county
for an election for Fence or for Slock Law, to
be < rdered in said district, and notice is hereby
given that aTtir th. expiration of twenty day
from this date an election will be ordered un
less ol jeetions ;re filed in terms of the statute.
Said application will he pi b-c 1 upon on the
19;h duy of February, 1887. This January 21tu,
1887. J. A. HOW ARP. Oidinmy.
II use at Cass Station to Kent.
IAVILL RENT THE HoUSK KNOWN AS
ihe Teachers' Residence, in Gass Station, for
the e lining year. Fust clas- home, tw > hcres
of good land, brn, stables, etc. Splendid wa
ter. Com! neighborhood, soei. f, schools and
churches Apply to M L. JOHN-ON,
j.inSO-Jt j-as-Station.
Pocket knives and Pocket lock all
kind3 and prices at Wikle and Co.s’
Domestic, White and new high-arm
Davis are the leaders in Wikle A Go’s
Sewing Machine department*
SPOKE,*! IN ANGER.
Twas but a little word In auge * spoken.
While proud eyes flashed through bitter,
burning tears:
But ch, I felt that fatal word had broken
The cord of love that bound our hearts for
ypgrs.
Thy tortured face, that long, wild look of
sorrow,
Like some pale ghost must haunt me whil*
And yeG how bright, bow full of Joy the
morrow.
Had 1 but breathed one simple word—
“ Forgive!”
I did not hear thy tender voice appealing.
Nor marked thy anguish when I cried:
“Depart!”
Too blind to see thy pitying glance, reveal
ing
The generou* promptings of thy noble
h'jart.
How could I know that faithful heart was
yearning.
Though crushed and wounded to Its In
most core.
To take me back, like weary bird returning
In fear aud trembling, when the storm Is
o'er!
*• Remember, love, that It may bo forever:
To see my face no more by night or day.
Be calm, rash heart, think well before we
sever;
Becail the angry word, and bid me Stay.
Dead silence fell; the song-birds hushed
tbe r singing. . .
•* Enough," I proudly cried; “I choose my
late ”
While ever through my maddened brain
kept r ugiug
The death-knell of my love—too late, too
Intel
“ Forgive, forgive!’’ I wailed, the wild tears
streaming.
As, ’mid the moaning tree# 1 stood alone;
“Love, let thy kisses wake me from my
dreaming.”
Thy pleading voice, thy tortured face was
gone.
That angry word, I may reeall it never:
For o T er thy narrow grave rank weeds
have grown.
“ Remember, love, that it mav be forever.
Ah, words prophetic! love, bad I but
known!
My locks are gray, my eyes are dim with
weeping.
The face once loved by thee no longer
fair;
Beneath the daisies thou art calmly sleep
ing;
There, a lone woman often kneels in
prayer.
Ah, sweetheart mine, thou art so lowly
lying.
Thou canst not hear tho tearful voice
above.
That with the night-wind evermoro Is sigh
ing:
•* I spoke in anger! oh. forgive me, love!
—Fanny Forrester, in Ctuimbcrs' Journal.
Walter Brownfield;
—OR—
THE MYSTERY OF PRESTON FLAT.
BY JOHN R. MUSICK.
j Copyright, 1886, by the A. N. Kellogg
Newspaper Company.]
CHAPTER Vll.—Contxnubd
“I wonder what he can be coming
here for?” she asked herself. “It must
be some business he has with father.”
She begun to inspect a pan of dried
beans she was to boil for dinner,
titrowing out the imperfect ones and
keeping only the good; and had for
gotten Bill Martin until a rap at the
kitchen door warned her that some one
demanded admission. Hastily putting
the pan away she arose aud saia:
“Come in.”
The door opened and Bill Martin en
tered. No sooner was he within and
the door closed, than that evil grin
which characterized him when he met
our hero in the woods lit up his face.
“I beg pardon, Miss Pinkey,” said
Bill, his grin becoming a leer of satis
faction. “I reely beg pardon for this
seemin’ intrusi’n, but, ye sec, I had
some business here and jist come over
1 $
“My father is not hero,” interrupted
Pinkey. “I presume, I presume, it is
he whom you wish to see.”
“Beg pardon, Miss Pinkey,” aud the
look on the face of Bill Martin almost
frightened her. “I beg pardon, but it’s
not yc’r father I come to sec.”
“My brother, then?”
“No, mum.”
“My mother or some of the hired
nun?”
“No, Miss Pinkey, wrong agin.”
“Then, whom do you wish to see?”
“Ye’rself, Miss Pinkey.”
“Myself?”
“Yes, mum.”
“What do vou wish to sec me about,
sir?”
Bill deliberately took his seat and
removing his hat, said:
“Don't be skeered, Miss Pinkey, an'
don't be in a hurry ’cos it’s all fur ycr
gooil I come here.”
“Then, sir. I hope you will be in a
hurry with what you have to say, for i
am very busy.”
“Yes'm, L know ye’s a smart gal.
an’ a good gal, so't when I know’d
somethin’ ye ought to know, 1 cum
right over to tell ye.”
“If you have any thing to tell, Mr.
Martin, it would be better that you told
my father.”
“No, no, Miss Pinkey, this is a dili
cate matter, an’ when I’ve told ye al
ve'll thank me fur it. Ye wouldn't
kecr for yer parents to know what I’ve
come to talk to ye about.”
Pinkey shuddered and dreaded the
worst—come to propose marriage t<
her!—her detestation of him seemed
doubled now. She glanced at him and
saw that he was chuckling while he
watched her from the corners of his
baleful eyes.
“If you have any tiling to say Mr.
Martin,” said the girl, summoning up
all her resolution, “say and begone,
for I can assure you that your com
pany is not at all desirable.”
“No doubt on’t, no doubt on’t, Miss
Pinkey,” said Bill, laughing. “ I don’t
expect ye like me as well as ye do some
certain other chap not half as well
know’d in this country as me, and who
left his native town in disgrace.”
“What do you mean, sir?”
“I mean that young gals are like
fractious bosses; when they git an idea
in their head it's hard to git it out. Ye
think I'm a loafer ’cos ye don’t sec me
with white hands and fixed up in stole
toggery. Yc think a tramp’s a gentle
man ’cos he fixes up like one.”
“I’m no hand at guessing riddles,
sir, you’ll have to speak plain.”
“I'll speak plain, Miss Pinkey. A
sartin young man who has a white face
and soft hands, who dresses nice an’
looks like a deckin’s son, is hired in a
store. All to onc’t money is missin’
from the master’s till, an’ it can’t be
proved on him eggsacly, but he hez to
leave the town, and goes round the
country huntin’ work; but no mer
chant’ll hcv him.”
Bill paused, and the grin on his face
broadened while he watched the effect
of his words on the beautiful girl.
“Go on,” she said; “say all you
have to say, ami you shall be ex
cused.”
“Wall, then. I’ll come to the pint of
my story at onc’t. After trampin’ all
over creation he finally wanders into
Preston's Flat, whar he hires to work
fur a farmer with a purty darter. The
end on’t is he’s seen ridin’ to meetin’
with her. Then I say ain’t I doin’ a
good Christian act ef 1 go an’ warn the
gal against havin’ eny tiling to do wi’
sich a man?”
He paused, crossed his legs and
leaned back in his chair with an air of
satisfaction. Pinkey, who had blushed
deeply during the last speech of the
worthless fellow, remained silent for
several minutes. Bill became restless
and uneasy under this prolonged
silence, and at length sakl:
“What d've ye say, Miss Pinkey,
war Ia doin’ right?”
“Have you said all you have to say?”
die asked.
“I speet I hev,” be answered, with a
{tin. “War Ia doin’ right?”
“J can uot answer al present. lam
much obliged to you for your interest
on mv account and w ill excuse vou
from further trouble. Good-day, Mr.
Martin,” said Pinkey, opening the door
for him to depart.
“Good-day, miss,” sullenly returned
Bill, passing out aud started across the
field.
“O the detestable wretch!” she cried,
throwing herself into a chair and burst
ing into tears.
“Why did he come here at this time?”
In the meanwhile Bill was walking
across the meadows musing with him
self:
“Guess I’ve sowed the seeds and they’ll
take root an’ grow. She'll inquire who
he is, au’ she’ll drap him like a hot
tater when she finds him out. Walter
Brownfield was one tarnation fool w'hen
he left Queenstown to run into my
clutches. He didn’t recognize who I
was, an’ then to set himself up to Miss
Pinkey, the gal I’ve swore that I—
loafer as they call me— would win, is
cheeky. People don’t know all yet
Let ’em wait awViie an’ they’ll find it
out”
CHAPTER VIII.
A STRANGER AT BDSHVILLR.
The quiet, unpretentious little vil
lage of Bushville was thrown into a
flutter of excitement over the arrival of
a stranger. He was a man between
forty-five and fifty years of age, quiet
and unassuming, making no acquaint
ances, and with no apparent business.
He was occasionally seen in consulta
tion with Mr. Smallweed, the village
banker, and Mr. Elias Botts, an at
torney at law. Various were the
speculations as to who he was. vndwhat
he was. Some said he was an English
nobleman traveling incognito; others
that he was an Eastern capitalist who
had come out West with the intention
of establishing a manufactory. Every
citizen of Bushville was ready to advo
cate the manufacturing qualities of the
town. A Western town Is & good
point for manufacturing; but some
how Eastern capitalists can not be
made to see their advantages,
Dave Black, the merchant, was con*
suited frequently, but he could only
advance his theory. Dave Blaok was
about forty years of age, and like all
village merchants was regarded as a
walking newspaper, a philosopher and
disseminator of knowledge to all the
country round.
“Do yc know who he is, Dave?”
asked Bill Martin, as he stood leaning
one elbow on the counter.
“What do yc mean?” asked the mer
chant.
“Why, the stranger what’s stoppiu’
at Brewster’s tavern!”
“I’ve got my theory.”
“Well, what’s yer theory, Dave?”
“W T e can’t say we know anythingfur
certain, ye know.”
“O, yes, but who is he?’’
“I don’t know; he hasn't told any
one his name, ye know.”
“Well, what's his business?”
“I’ve c nly got a suspicion as to that”
“What is your suspicion?”
“He is one of two things.”
“What are they?”
“ He is either a rich millionaire, lots
o’ money, who is prospectin’ around
an’ goin’ to do a big business here, or
he’s a detective after some poor cuss or
oilier.”
Bill started as if anew idea, and one
not altogether pleasant, had struck
him.
“A detective,” he said, recovering
himself immediately. “What business
do you suppose a detective can have
here? who's he after?”
“No one is suppose to know that.
Them chaps usually keep their secrets
to themselves. May be you could thiuk
of some one in your owu neighborhood
who comes in under suspicious circum
stances,” said Dave.
“Don’t know any one,” answered
Bill, somewhat puzzled. Then bright
ning up in a moment, he added:
“Buttharis one feUer in our section
regarded as ruthcr suspicious.”
“ Who is hi-?”
“Walter Brownfield he calls him
self, an’ he works for Jim Miles.”
“Where’s he from?”
“Queenstown, I hard.”
“ llow long since?”
“About a mouth ago.”
“D ye know what business he wa in
there ?’ ’
“Clerking in Joe Brewster’s store, I
heerd.”
“in Joe Brewster's store! Well, 1
know Joe Brewster very well, an’ ii
the feller is a runaway he’ll tell me all
about it.”
“If ye’d write to him he might in
form ye,” said Bill.
“I’ll do it. I'll write this very day.”
“But say, Dave?”
“Well, Bill, what is it?”
“Don’t ever hint that I sed a word
bout it, ye know. I’m a poor workin
feller, ye know, an’ don’t want to do
any feller wrong, or make any ene
mies.”
“I understand you, Bill, and I’ll not
mention your name in the affair at all.”
As Bill walked away the merchant
soliloquized with himself.
“Jim Miles is an old customer of
mine, and if he is harboring a thief and
I find it out I shall make it my business
to tell him.”
Bill Martin strolled about the streets
until he met Jack Hawkins.
“Hev ye heerd about the stranger,
Jack?” he asked.
“The old feller wh/it’s a stoppiu’ at
Brewster's?”
“The same.”
“Yes.”
“Well what hev ye heerd ’bout
him?”
“Some say he’s a forty-niner from
California, returned with a heap o’
monev in gold coin and dust,” said
Jack Rawkins.
“And some say he’s a detective sent
to hunt some one out,” added Bill.
“Who d’ye think he’d be after?”
asked Jack. Bill looked at his com
panion with a knowing grin and said:
“It might be that he’s come to make
us trouble, Jack.”
“Nonsense, Bill, yergittin’ nervous.”
“But I tell ye, Jack, one term at the
pen ‘ud make anybody nervous.”
“I’ve made up my mind,” with an
air of braggadocio “never to serve in
the pen; when the officers of the law
take me it ’ll be when I’m dead.”
The two men were sitting on an up
turned wagon box that lay in an open
lot in the rear of the blacksmith shop.
There was no one within ear-shot and
they spoke in low tones, so as not to
be overheard.
It was Saturday, and many of the
people from Preston Flat were iu Bush
ville, either making purchases for the
coming week, or spending a holiday.
The oue theme of gossip by all was the
stranger. The two ill-looking men
who were sitting on the wagon-box in
the open lot had a fair view of the tav
ern. They saw a rather stout gentle
man, forty-five or fifty years of age,
vet with a robust frame, come from the
house and stand upon the low porch.
He was smooth-shaven, with a high
forehead, gray eyes and a benevolent
expression on his face.
“ That’s him,” said Jack.
“Do you know him?” asked Bilk
“I do.”
“Who is he? What is he?”
“He’s a returned Californian.”
“With the ‘yeller boys?’ ”
“Yes, by the thousands.”
“Do ye know for sure?”
‘I do.”
“When did you learn all this.
Jack?”
“You nevermind; I know it”
“Ye are sure?”
“I am.”
“Hev ye laid yer plans?”
“Yes.”
“What are they?”
Hawkins looked about aervouvlj,
and seeing no one near, said: “Mf
plan is to watch our chance, git all the
boys ready, and then make sure o' our
work.”
“But how many hcv we got now that
we kin trust.”
“Half a dozen or more. How about
the new pal?”
“Which un?”
“The one at Miles’cs.” %
“I hev never come right out.
“It’s time ef ye expect to hev him
aid us in this, that ye did.”
“When will it come off?”
“May at any time.”
The Californian walked btcK and
forth across the long porch, and looked
about over the town. The two men
sitting ou the wagon-box watched him
with lynx-like eyes, aud took in e\eiy
movement.
“Ye must be roiytd, Bill, said Jack
Hawkins. “He’s goin’ to leave this very
night an’ we’ve got to put in our
‘•But we can’t depend on Brownfield
that soon.”
“Oh, blast Brownfield. Ef you kin
fit him worked up in time for the oth
er job we hev on hand that will do.
This’n won’t require so many or so
much grit.”
The object of their conversation
aroso and went into the house from
whence he soon emerged with hat and
cane. „ ~ ~
“He’s goin’ out fur a walk, said
Jack. “Now we must separate an’keep
a close watch on his movements.”
The stranger left the hotel anil
walked down the street until he came
to the business part; here he enterc !
a two-storv brick building that had
“Bank” in large letters above the door.
The cashier who stood at the paying
counter, nodded knowingly to tna
stranger, and invited him to pass
around, which he did, entering the
private office. There Mr. Small weed,
with round, bald head, a broad sm le
on his face, and heavy gold chain on
his watch, arose to shake hands.
“How do I find you to*day, Mr,
Brown?” said the affable banker, aris
ing, removing hjs glasses ami putting
them in his vast pocket
“I am well, tliank you,” said tho
quiet stranger, taking the proffered
seat
“You arc suffering no inconvenience
in becoming noclimatcd?” asked tho
banker, with a smile, seating himself
near the stranger with his hands on his
knees.
“Not in the least.”
“Glad to know it; ean I do any thing
for you this evening?”
“1 think uot; I merely called for the
receipt for those boxes and packages J
deposited this morning,”
“Certainly, certainly,” said thebank?
er, calling to the cashier to bring the
receipts and invoice to Mr. Brown.
The cashier, a thiu gentleman with
a soft, low voico, brought to the
stranger a paokage of papers, which he
examined, pronounced all right and
put in his pocket.
“Will you leave the village soon?”
asked the banker.
“Perhaps this evening,” said the
stranger.
“So soon! Which way will you go?”
“Merely to a country house a few
miles from here.”
“Will you be gone long?”
“Not to exceed threo or four days, at
most. ”
“Have you a conveyance?”
“Yes, sir; 1 hired a horse and buggy
of the livery man for the trip.”
“You will return?”
“I shall,” said the stranger, rising
as though he wished to avoid furthei
cross-examination, and bidding Mr.
Smallwced good-day.
“ A singular man, a strange man,”
soliloquized Mr. Smallweed, when tho
stranger had gone. “He has some
business on hand that he does not care
to let every body know. I would give
considerable to know just what that
quiet, elderly gentleman is up to al
present. He is a safe customer, any
way, and it is none of my busine;
what he is up to, still I would like to
know,” and Mr. Smallwood rubbed
“the top of his head where the hair
ought to grow.”
ft was growing late in the day, when
the stranger and mystery of Bushville
in an open, one-horse buggy, drove out
of the village and proceeded up the
road that led directly through Pres
ton’s Flat.
CHAPTER IX.
THE HUMOR.
“It does seem strange to me that 1
can’t come lo this town and get away
before dark,” said Mr. Mil. s, on that
same Saturday afternoon of the events
recorded in our last chapter. Mr.
Miles, like most farmers, wondered
why it was that lie could not go to tue
village and return - immediately with
out consuming the entire day. Ilis
shopping on this day had not been
very extensive, but lie met so many
neighbors and friends with whom the
opportunities to gossip and exchange
ideas on farming, were so tempting that
he could not resist them.
The sun was almost down and his
wagon stood in front of Dave Black’s
store. The clerk was carrying out
sundry bundles and packages, a sack
of flour, bucket, cans, etc., and putting
them in the farmer’s wagon. “Is that
all, Nick?” asked the farmer of the
large nosed, thin-looking clerk.
“It is.” answered the solemn Nick.
“Are you going now, Miles?” asked
Dave Black, coming to the door of tho
store.
“Yes, it is time, for I will be in the
night getting home now,” was the an
swer.
“The roads are good if the night is
dark,” said Dave, coming out on the
poreli, “but Miles, I want to speak to
you before you go.”
“What is it?” asked the farmer, who
had already climbed to the wagon seat.
“Be in a hurry, for I have been here
too long already.”
“I don’t want to stop you for
nothing, Miles,” said the merchant.
“If its business that will pay, I can
afford to stop all night,” returned the
farmer, with a shrewd smile.
“This will pay,” said Black, looking
serious.
“Well, what is it then?”
“You have a hired hand, have you
not?”
“Yes, a young fellow.”
“What kind of a chap do you sup
pose he is?”
“Very good, or will b3 soon,” was
the reply. “He is unused to farm
work—in fact don’t know much about
it. But as soon as he learns, he will
make a first-class farmer. He is sharp,
too, and knows all about calculatin'
interest and all kinds of business.”
“I am very much afraid you are de
ceived in your man.”
“Deceived, how?”
“That he is not what he seems.”
“But he is.”
“How long has he been at your
house?”
“Some four or five weeks.”
“Where did he come from?”
The farmer paused and looked at tho
ground. He remembered the unsatis
factory explanation Walter gave of his
former business and location. After a
few moments lost in meditation, he
said: “He comes from somewhere
about Queenstown and he was a clerk
in a dry-goods store.”
“I warn you now, farmer Miles, be
ware of that young fellow. Do not
trust him. He is an escaped bank rob
ber. He robbed Joe Brewster’s
in Queenstown, and that stranger here
is a detective on his track.”
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