New York Clipper (Sep 1895)

Oojjitghtad, IIM, bx me Flank Queaa PnbUaliuv Oompto/ (UinllwL) Founded by I FRANK QUEEN, IB93.r NEW YORK, Sj^TURD^Y. SEPTEMBER 7, 1896. (VOLUME XLIIL-NOk 27. I PriM 10 Ccnte MELODIES. A roblA nDg. ne dBU worid wUenci] rrem Itiateep; Cut or IIB robe of Wloter aadoea; Itiel«»Tea(rom bondtge 'g«n to poep; ne brooks o'erlloved Is jolly madiien. All uinie Unused u> (to nrnlsg, And Ungliti) wlUi glee In SptlDgtlme'B morning, Wbes robin atng. A poet mog. It «u ■ song;itiit reacted tbe bun Of manj a man, oCevetr woman; It «*a (be rralt of perfect art; IIMoved a power dirlselj boman. Hli name na^known to all; and tben FUne on ter tablets wrote it, when Tbe poet Bang. A molberaang. Two UtUe ejellds Mlnked and drooped. And brlgbc curU neaUed on ber bt«aat; WkKtentnenf s boontj rioblr timped; ^ flmet lanocenoe tonnd lonng reiL Tke iiomber tklilea tiptoed near, And lU tin angels stopped to hear, Wben mother sang. OBiBLD EimsDK Oook, in aoOeWs liagtaSm THE GHOST'S SECRET. Wilms roa tbs nw toes ourrss, Br LULU PRIOR. [ooHinnin.j /lunU'i face snddenlj leanraed Its sodden, sert- 'ouasptoL "Bat we're wasting Ugie," said be; "we've got bniUiea to attend to, and It maj be a utile long. Hat* U|i: We've got jonr bag of Jewelir, wblcb doa^^ bplong to jon, and aa long aa we've got that we're got jon, or got jonr altentton, wblcb la all tbe same. Ain't that sot" "Blgbt jon ste," pet In Torn Coot, dnwtUr. "Ve've got blm dead to rights. Uey r' \rarbeck agreed that was so. "Vei7 good," said Ben, In conUnoatloD. "Then we balds this here bag untu we have talked over tlie whole thing, and then, If jon're agreeable, well hand It over to jod, and we'll aU be prosperous, rlcb and happy. If not, we keeps the bag, jon loddles bsek about yoor boslDeea, and we goes our war with so harm done. Saber" WattMOk nndentood peifeoUr, and so expressed Vat Ben went on: "Tbere'e a yam hanga on to tbls bet* boslnesg tranaactlon whlchmustbetoldbefore ' jon can ondeniaod the fall tnde advantages tbls opportanltj aObrds joo. Now Jint listen, and take Ui eveiT pint wltb can. Tom, here, Tom Coot, that old ohap what Mta bibikin' at tbe are as It be didn't know nothln'. Is the o/eet cove tbst ever jon see, and always was. He never went Into snytbin' be dldnt make somelbln' oat of, and by all tbe laws of mde he shoold be a mUUonaln np beside Vender- but. Bnt he never conid atop tiampin', and never oonld keep bis millions after he made 'em. Ue was smart enongh to plant bis weslth, tboogb, and he baa mlnee of II all over the country, thoagh there are soma States where he Is shnt ont from tbe possee- Bloii and enjoyment of his rlgblfol property Ihrongta tlie qytog and tbe penecodons of the minions of tbe law." Hs passed to Inquire of the guest If be took In the tnll puport of his words, so dlgnuying to the bnm- bl* penonallty of the bllnklsg Oool, and if he began to "oatob on" to tbe drift of his argnmenls. Waibeok repUed be thoagbt be did, and begged him to go on, at tbe same time eyeing the coveted tnasoie bag with a bnngry glare. "\rell," went on tbe narrator with an Increased atr of Importance, "Tom went all Ibnngh the war, and, of oonrse, Tom bebi' In It, tbe war was a big tbli^ for Torn. Tbe recrniUn' agents hsd a hard ttme gettin' bim to go In, for he Jumped the bonsty, a Mg stake, ten times; bnt tbey wonid have him, and at last tbey got blm and kept him. And as you mlgbt suppose, bein' In, he nude the most of It. Wben tbe othen were Hgbtls' Uke fools as' getun' klUed Tom were a-foragin' anda-tcostis' and layin' by a big store of wealth In tbe moat business Uke way, planus' bis eamln's aU along Uie line of Darab. 80 be bas,aa yon see, great business Inter- ests tn tbe Bontb," "Bat bow does tbls affect net" taiqolied Feter, who was growing Impatient to loam the lems on which he mlgbt have bis property lestored to him. »Iim comln' to that Walt a bit," replied Ben, wtlta a pnvoklngfonr-volome-novelalr. "Now, tbe biggest property he has Is burled Is the frost gar- den of a grand, old fsshlosed stone maoalos. Just •bout tbiee miles from this pisce, as the bird niee. II hasn't been occupied for six or aeveo years aa I know, and yet there lies all that stuff snd we can't grtatlL" "Why not? I should think that would be easy esosgb," Mid Warbeck, In an elfoit to bastes mat- ters. "You've only got to dig It up some dsrk sight, slace tbere's so ose to Interfere with you." "No one to Interfere with as I" broke out Coot, siouslng suddenly from bis lethargy. The two pals looked Into each other's eyee and burnt Into a derisive bingh. "IIearine,"reaamedMsrtl»,ln a tone of deeper esmestsesB than before. "We've been altblsthing, off and on, for nigh on to the whole time the bouse ,.has been vacant, asd we've bees scared off every »" asked Wsrbeck, impaaeoUy. "Why, the house asd the whole place U banted." "Hasted," npUed Ooot, with drowiy Impressive- sees, from his dart comer. _ .. "B»hl IdostbeUsve In ghosts," eald Warbecl, aneertngly. "Yondon'tf Tben you're Just our man. If you can sleep in that bouse two nights, then we want yoo for thia here Job." nisMeeofdlvodigof hlsslumheiaasatestdld not iMue Iho Jewsler, bnt he said solhlog, and Ua funiloas bolt went on. "Dent leU me then Bint BO ghosts. IknowlBere ls,aBdaodoesTia." iy>tn dnosd from the ooner that he was snreotiu Bon wsBt on, deeply tatsn«ed In his ownstoir: •Tw Int ttne w* cam* down for Ibat iwac of TMBi «ia • Utda over twelr* rear aga We ar- rived there one crisp November nigbt all prepared to work, ibliktn' tbe family, which was only an old man with a French name, something like Vau- beUen, and bis son, a stuck np fellow between twenly.flre and thirty, who, like bla father, waa a doctor or aomethin', bad gone away on a trip to Europe. We had made up our minds to go throogb the booie Irst, pickin' up what brilles mlgbt be lyin' around loose, and tben, after dlggln' op Tom'a proper^, make tracks. We examined tbe place canfuUy, bnt everything looked deserted, asd we fonnd no dincnily In making onr way through tbe big front door, shooUn' baok tke bolt of the old fashioned look with ease. Just aa ire stepped Into the ballway I thought I beard tbe neighing of a opened, Tbe door at the other end of tbe passage- way waa pretty wide ajar, and there, sore enough, we esw a bright light stieamin' through, Tbls was aggnvadn'enough, but, what was woree, we beard voices ilsin' louder and lender In a genenl row, I was for goln*, but Ooot wouldn't give op all hope yet; so we crawled through tbe paaBageway pietiy close up to the door, untU I could lee one halt the front room through tbe Jar, and'n>m could make out the rest through tbe keyhole. Therewasacoldmsn standln' beside a table In tbe middle of the room; facin' him on tbe oppoelte of Uie table, on which waa a lighted lamp, waa the woman Is blaok who bad paused us In the baU, and a little to tbe light of the old chap was a tall, trim, good looking man of Uuougb bis brain. Ue fellwtUi a oiaah, orertors- Isg tbe lamp asd puttlsg out the light Then In the darknea then wen two other shote and an- other lighter faU. Ha and Tom retreated to tbe Rsr loom, and hugged the wall dose to the parllUon, Someone was sllve In the front room, for we oonid hear a gropin' about, and a groanin' whioh we rec- ognlr^d as the old nan's voice; tben there was the •napofamalohandacandkiwaallt. Beeln'asthe survivor hsd no Idea of oomin' onr way, we oiewled back to spy again. The old man, spatlsied wllta blood from bead to foot, were the only one allre— and a horrtd lookin' old guy be were, I tell you. The woman and the man lay dead, with their bmlna blown all over the place, and the room looked home, and Imsgloed I saw a dgure akultlng about na, «u« iiuvQ. — — tbe great while faroUy tomb which most of theie Vlrglnte families have on ttaeir lawns, right In view from their front wbidows, so Ibat a man passes his dead ancesloia every dsy, or some one le's dead folks, If be happens to l>ea late buyer the property, with aU lu lilns. 'Tom laughed at me for beln> nervous, so I felt a aabamed and went In, follerln' blm. We were olae' or bit «,u.w..>. aiioat to grope our way up the broad atalra when the hall door, which we bad left ajar behind us, waa pushed open. We felt the cold dimit from II, and loraed shoot to InvesUgate. There, framed In the door casing stood the Bgnnof a tall, slender woman all In buck, bi bold reUef agalsat tbe background of the Blare. We crouched In a comer of the hall, letuog as close to the wsU as wo conld, and she brushed past "s, touching ua wlib her aklrts aa she went I was for lematlng, but Tom wouldn't have It He wae for following ber, but I wouldn't have li! You see we thought the had gone Into one of the i>ack rooms oir the hall, and I decided, thosgb Ibo Job was epolled, we might aneak npntalnand Pick up a few things from the upper atorlea, to sort o' console ui for the bard look we'd had. Well, up we goes, tip toe, to tbe neit story, where there waa a great Moad landing and Ave or six doon of Ug roonsonellhersldeof us, lorlt'sagvanddouWe man- sion and we were pnnled where to beglD. At last we decided on the left band hack room. We tamed the knob and the door opened wllb a UtUe ugoeak, bnt we got In aU Hgbt, and Ugbtin' a malcb or two, fonnd It was a bedroom dtted np neb and grand, with lou of things lyin'around loose. Between this and the front room was a whole row of oloasta, and a commnnlcallng paa^e shot off at the osds by solid doon. Tbe wlndowa had tlghUldnt Inside ebotters. "As I felt my way acnes to lbs cblmnsr hi tbe daik I bad to paa the doon leadmg Into tiie front room. I Imagined my eye caught a gUnt of Ugbt 1 whiipertd 10 Tom; be came over and we exam- ineTHe thought he saw II, loo, Ihroi*! a oevle*. lb make oeiials, we cuetnlly tried tbe door, aad M about thirty. The woman waa bandaome, though her face was thin, and there wen deep, black hol- lows where her dark eyes biased with tuiy, I teU yon she were a piclar-a perfect wUdoat, They were aU talkln' to once, and li was hard to make ont what tbsy waa dilvin' at Aa we dggered It, tbe woman had been abandoned by the yolisg fel- ler, wllb her baby. In U>ndoD, where the old man and the yonng one bad polaoned ber father and robbed him of aome papen wblcb conoemed, as we beard It some aroblves, whatever they are, and a fortuse which tbey wen lookin' for, to lay Ibeir bands on ovsr here. "Tbe old reprobate had burled bloaelt Id tbia old bouse, where be devoted blmaell to readUi' books out of the toughest, dismaleat old llbnry you ever aee, and cookin' his own meale, although he waa Juat roUIn' In wealth. He couldn't bide himself from that she devU, Ihongb; she'd found 'em both out rerfeaaer she caUed the old one, but he had notbin' itilkln' sbont blm any more Uian me and Ton, and the Idea bit me, I remember, that If there wasn't solhln' more than bla gsi np neceeMiy to make a perfeaser, then waa no bar to me and Tom Iggerto' InibatcharactsranyUmeweDeededadlicoIae. But the woman—ob, ahe were a dandy I Her vdcet It waa shrill, the bowl of a mad Uger cat And them eyea I Wbew I Bow Ihey did bUie I These ohapa had a devil on their banda Ibat night, and Ibey seemed to know lU Tbe old cove bted to calm her wllb Mamey, but she wouldn't have liany more than the boaalat of lbs yonng doctor. 'Be quiet Lonlson,' said the old one. 'Ustsn to reison, and I'U see that Jusdce la done yon r 'JnaUee P ahe shrieked, 'Jnstlc* f»m yon, who an conlrollad by Bsch a son, who, laUlag to polsoa, sbasdoDSd me a beggar wllb mybelpieas chlldt I bare not noma tor yoar Jusdce, bnt formy rtngeaaca.' She took a step forward. Tben was a pUlol In her baid. She had It aimed at lb* young man. Henabadat herloaelzsit bnlhewaa loo lau. Aah*gT*Wi*d at lb* ouKle th« itol sbattered bla band aod h* suggend back, atsadyln'hloasU Jnal kmc sposfb to give b«r a good maifc, and lb* ssocad bBlMwat Ibsn a alaughler houae. The old profeaur looked as If he was goln' to bsre a It, and cioak rigbl then. I didn't BO* bow he wssgoln' topuU through; but he staggered to a cnpboaid, poured ont a gob- let of bnndy and dnnk It at a gulp, wtlbont pans- Isg to wipe off tbe blood from his dripping gray Ijeaid, nor minding the bloody doger marks on ibe glass. This braced him up. He did not waste Urn* any longer wringing ble bandsssd moaslng, bnlaet light at work opening a tnnk which waa probably bis son's, and mmniagloglo It tor somelblng. lie look out bundles of yellow papen ssd lota of Jewelry, butfleemedlocaraonlytorlbspapen. UeluinUed all theae bastlly baok, and then went to one cor- ner of Ibe room ont of onr sight, wbsn we beard hlffl fumbling for s moment Then he came back and Mew out tbe Ught We biard a atombllng, then a diagglog, rasping sound, Ibe ■queafc of a nsty hinge, the idsm of a door, and aU was attlL 'He's gone,' said Tom, 'he's afnld of Ibe police.' Unt I wasn't sun of that 'lid's go, loo,' aays I. •We dont want to get mlied np In this here thing.' ■fflUiout makin' aoylblogr aays Tom. ■Whal'a there to make but a haogman'a ooose or a Inrlla- Uonlsa lynchlD'beeP aays L 'Why, Uun's that there Irank to sample,' asya hs. Well, I, Uke a fool, takes bla advice, aod la we goes, plckln' onr way between the coipaes, all creeps and shiren, and Tom, he takea a matoh and Ugbta the bloody candle on the table, and goea to lookin' for the trunk with Ibeawag, It want then; note sign otit could ws see. It had vanlshad. This was a staitto, and brok* dowa ny narv* oompMsly. I w*i* on pins ib«o, and b*M*d him lo hour for (ear aomeone mlgblooa*. BatTon,b«w»*deteiinlaedDottab* cbonaedontof bla fair aanlni by any snob mafflc astbl*. " "00 look tba doorlD lb* ban and M np, yon old woBBD,' Bys he, for I'm gola' to and dial wealth bdOn I Kara bat U I die* (or It' Tom'a pig. headadwbta h*tUaksb*'a btio'robbed, and Ibl* wsaaaoilbanfaesdeasaotlt Mo, knowin'this, I sttypsd em lbs d«td wonaa aid wcM to tb* doer to lb* ban, bit, to my parlset bewUdsnsat, found the look already aecuted end Ibe bolt ihol on tbe Inside. This beln'so, the old'un conld not have left by Ibat way i and tben wae only ose otber door —that where we bad atood walohln' him. I called Tom's altenllun to tbls,ami Itscared blm tt hkat, 'Lei'a gel out,' lays he, coinlu' ovsr to me. As we turned to the door by which we had come wo net a sight thai ataggeied us. There stood the Identical old cove wllb a wild, cutty elan In his eyes. lie bad not come by our door, for thtralt waa Just aswe had left it, partly ajar, and wo hail heard no creak of Ibe rusty hinge. Uow bad lie got here r But tbls waa no lime lor explanations, for he were armed wllb aome sort of dootor'n kolfe, and looked tiaogeraus. (Joot nude a bound, blew out tbe light and niabed on hint, I folleiin' blindly, tuuiblln' over Ibaooipees and rollln' tn a pool of iilood, heartn' all the while the lerrllile tbuupeTtHSwaa givin' Ibe Peifeaor'e head while Ihey grappled and gouged on tb* door, I uDlooka and unbolla Ue door to Ibe hall and down the slain and onl Into tbe air I goea wlUi a msb, gallopin' down Iho avenue to Uie road lUie mad. I stopped before I reached tho |ate, and pnllj Monl hean my pal comejlmpln' along, with a ipialned anklo, a out hand and two or three wounds In the neck, lie win'l much hurt, though, and we went on through tho gate. "Tben I liogan lo feel free ind a mile easy sgatn; but we had gone only a few paces In tbe dark when I beard the whinny ol a hone cloee by, Juil as I hsd heard wben wo had gone Inio the bouse. It wa* light near asd II gave ua a iliock. I walked ahead In the dark, feeling liefon ine usill niy band louobed a wheel. It waa a liuggy with no driver, and Ik* bono tied to a tree. It waa ihe dead wonan'a liap, I had so doubt, and nhe had been ber own driver. Ifera waa a cbanco for ua to get far away before wt look to the woods. Tom untied the hallar, snd I was alnut to Jump In when my hand louobed a big bundle on the seat II nised np Iwfon me wllh a oiy. Tom III a mslcli, sod I saw It waa a little gill alioul nvs or six yesn old. Then waa no lime tor argyment; In we wont and mn the borae full gallop alMut tour lulles down tlie road like mad, and then' look to tho woihU. We left llUlo Lutlla In lb* buggy, but sh* waa cryin' u plllfuUy tor aomethla' lo oat and seemed so scared Ibat I, glvbi' way, aa I alwayado, to theaott alieak In ray bsart, gnlibed her up an<l took her along lo Mag's, loarlu' Uool lo iBHh Iho lioise and send It acoolln' away lo sonw distant liiwu when It would dud Ita alable, for It was a livery ilg." Tho iremp poused to take a loug pull at the demi- john, restnliilng, witb a llnii hsud, bla pal from following bis example, aod then eyed Warbeck keenly to discover Ike effect of bis rerelalleDs, lie leaiuod nothing from thla MruUny, however, for Ihe gueal'a Intereet waa all ceoKred.ln Ibe Ireaaun Iwg which still nposedlempUDglyon Ibe Inunp's knee*. Seeing this, Usitln went on: (TO Bl (xmriNDio.) LUCKIE THURLOW. Who Is npldly wlmilng fame as a tnsle obanoter change etnger, was bom lo the Sonlb, In UT4. She Inherllod moaloal ulent from her molber, and by ber own Induiti; auad herself for ber slag* oaner, never having renelyed any mualcal InnnoUoo. In addition to her vocal gifts ahe la a clerar nuslolaOi having by reason of sauinl abiuty beoome a pn^ formsr upon both Uie piano and banjo, Tb* dssin to go upon lb* iitage look poiaesalon o( her when a chUd, and ahe loot no opportunlly of vlalUag a tbsa- in. Blie made ber Ont public sppearsnca ertib Hr, Bingham, In lllnslons. In this oily. 8be mad* hsr debut upon tb* vaud*TUIe suge, Is her pnssst specially, lo August, ISM, at Fioolor'i'niealre, Ibis oily. Since that Ume she baa appeared In lb* Aroaiican and Oaaloo Roof Oardass and al lb* dsn- ml Open llouae, bor aoooeaslve appeamnoea hav- ing yielded her an *xc*lleDlniatropolliaar*pai*lloD, and created a itemand'for her service*. Bbe la an excellent dancer, bavloi been suceealvely a pupU of Kddle (Mller and U Oonalantlne, but the doe* not mak* use of her lerpalchortan atlll to ber ape- cUliy. Was Tbntlow u petite and giaoefnl, pleas- ant of and tasteful lo drees. Bb* I* weU edu- cated snd naiMd, sameatand cooadenllous In ber work, and la every way merlta the auocea which ha* thus far orownod ber efforts. THE PERSIAN HORSE, I'erslan hones are lo lie sdoilred and liked. Their beauty la a aource of consUni enjoyment asd Ihey are almoatlnvartably gentle and docUe, ttislnvair to form any 'reaoluUon agalnat nahlog a pel ol one of them, Hy new acquisition. Boy, Insists on being petted, aod hla enticing ways an Irmlatible, He U slways teUiered In front of mylsntwlth arope long ciiongb 10 give him eonsldenble liberty, and be took advanlBge of It ibe very dtst day to come Into tlie tent and make II apparent that be wanted me lo divide a lemon wllta blm. (Inpea were hla preference; tben came oucum- ben, liread and l>l«oulu. nnally he dnnk milk out of a amp plate. He comes upiomeand pula d<iwn bla bead u>harehbieannililied,andlf ld» not attend to blm at once, or If I cease attending lo blm, lie girea me a xenlle but admonitory thump. ' dine ootalde Ihe lest, and he is tied lo my chair and waits with wonderful patience for Ibe odds aod ends, only occasloaslly rabliing bK noaa agalnat my face to remind me be Is then. A friendly snuffle Is lbs only sound he mskes. He does sol know bow lo Sght or Ibat teeth and beels an for any other uses Ibaneallng and walk- ing. llelareaUrlbs gentlest and most doolie of bisrece. Ttie point at which he dmws lbs line la being led. Then he dnws liack, end a mulish look eones Into bis sweet eyes. Bat he follows like a dng, and when I walk he ti always with ne. He comee wben I call him, etops wlien I do, accompa- nies 010 when I leave Ihe road In aeareh of llowen, asd usually puts hli head either on my tbonlder or nndermyaim. To blm I am aa embodiment of m«lons,eoenmbei«,frBpea, peaches, Msonlta aod aagtr, witb a good deal of peVlsg snd sar mbUng thrown In.—Jtr». BUtiofi'i "Jounegt in nrsla." A« n)n«siii/ nolle* of s wonan'* grocery store reads a* fdlowsi "Her lomaloes are aa red as ber own ekeeki, ker ladlgo la a* Ua* aa her own eyes, and ber pepper aa hoi u;bei^own leaper."