The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-03-15
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GREENVLLE SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH is 1860


passe ngers came out .solemn-faccd and client
We pressed forwnrd--so did those who were go;
ing opt Of the train. The conductor motioned
to someboiy. IN, the cars. The, two men came
out, and slowly descended the car, bearing life
less Lody--a woman; her features covered by a
veil, They bore it into - saloon, and laid it
reverently upon the sofa. Sill the conductor
waved the crowd back--except our, party He
knew .us, and turneda away his face as we ap-
preached. =, . ,t ,..,s,,..f s. 49,, 49,. =
Then, he knew how it was; all except the fa
ther; he could not believet Firmly he raised
the veil from, the dead face. 1, Oh, G6disaAn
Mereiful Is it thus we meet thee, Lizzie. dar-
ling. our best beloved, idol Of our hearts ''a,A
In . brief time we learned the.story. Learn,
ed how the, Angel Of the Il ord had met Lizzie
before us, in the still twilight of that autumn
tnorning, and after one pong terrible we know,
but brief had waited her gentle spirit TO those
who waited for her in the home of aDgelsi .~E
At the vcrylast stopping place Lizzie had left
the car to ,procure some food for n little child
that had fretted alt night in the arms Of wea-
ried mother. The train stopped but moment;
1t was dusk, AM none Of the officials had seen
her leave it. She returned hastily, to find the
cars in motion; nnde mis. step, fell forward
the rect Is Common tale, such MS newspaper.
chronicle every week. The beautiful head with
sunny curls--%as what we saw at the station
house And 70 rf ~ :7--saa s.'f %, a.al 7as. r
"Thus ever fades our earthly dreams of bliss y"
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An Amusing Expose. '".' ~., =
few days since, we called attention to the
fact. that great excitement existed in Zanesville
Ohio, with regard to the disappearance Of q Mr..
Curtis, who 1t is said, had divulged the secrets
Of the Sons Of Malta, and had been spirited away
by the members Of The Order, to the great dis
tress Of his family and the astonishment of the
public at large, who scarcely knew what TO think
Of the boldhess Of the proceedings. 1t turns out
now that the expose which gave such offence to
the Order, was net ~E;::s:: 5y Curtis, but 5y his
wife. who comes out with. avowal Of the fact
and gives 1t a. her opinion that the Sons are not
10 blame for his disappearance
Mira Curtis writes avery amusing account Of
MI. Curtis and Mr. Smith becoming Sons of
Mnlta, and the natural curiosity Of herself and
Mrs. Smith to find out the secrets of the Order
The two ladies agreed TO have themselves pro-
posed as members, and got Mrs. Smiths cousin to
attend to the matter. "Wen," Mrs. Curtis goes
on to My, eve were proposed and elected, aud
Joe came down to the store where we were, and
told US, so We hurried through with the dressing,
aud went up to the ante chamber and sat down
all in a row. We hadn't sat there long before
two men came out TO US, from the inside room
all mufiled up in gowns. and having kind of tin
hat on their heads. which covered their faces
They asked us Tor S6 each, and Joe handed over
the money for us and himself. as we had given
him nearly all our amounts. and promised him
the rest soon. Then there came two other men
like the other two. who formed us into a line
(they called it single fle,) and told us TO walk
right along. They had swords and one of them
walked before Joe. who was in front, while the
other walked behind me. It. was dark or nearly
80, when We passed in. was glad of the dark.
ness, because, having on suit of my husbands
clothes, was not sure that they fl very we'll"
She next describes some Of the scenes inside ms
she saw them, and says: "I was not frightened;
for am not one Of your timid people, being
reared TO ride colts, shoot pistols, skate and swim
So got through oil the maneuvres previous TO
that coat business pretty well. But when the
conductor said, Can you sw i'm, srf said yes /
Can you swim In fourteen feet waterP L said
yes the deeper the betterP Well, take of your
coat and try yourselfr Now. when he said take
of your coat that scared me, because Ihad put
on loose sack on purpose. for reasons you will
see yourself However, thought moment and
then said, No, sir, never heed the coat--I can
swim as well with as without it, Very WE'LL
said the eondueior. your peril will be upon your
own head. Now, hold up your tight hand, cir,
take this life preseryer,' and here he gave me a
push, and went over back ward, and as soon as
alighted went up again. then flying down and
up In tile same way till thought all my brains
were flying out Of the top of my head. ana then
everything swan round until did not know any
thing mt all, for ] had tainted.
!" The next place found myself was in the ante
chamber, or rather. just being led into the ante
chamber by two men, and was first conscious
that must have been sitting in bath tub with
my clothes on. think that the cool mir brought
ms 10 my senses. Ths Two men looked very
scared and sorry. looked about for Mrs Smith
and Joe, but they had gone rs soon as they heard
the noise made in initiating me. asked one Of
the men If Mr.. Curtis was iD the Lodge. The
man said Ire was ] said would like to see him
minute. The man went into the lodge.room.
and presently out came my beautiful husband, all
mufilcd up. ] Just whispered word or two IN
his ear, and may be he didn't pull Of his gown
and hood in short order and walk home with me-