Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-18

and clouds In iaucy one Gnu sec the lovely
Unlinc sitting in all her beauty on the indeDtcd
craga, and on the julting rock aiar off is Benny
kilmcny, who was
LAS pure IS pure could be,
sleeping sweetly On her ilioty couch as on bed
Of down, her bosom hcap1d with flowers, and
even the laurel bending lovingly down to kiss
her, and
''rhc ioup Of lily sheen, -...
Her bonuy Of the birk SO green,
And those roses the iaircst that ever were
seen.
Ali these Images come GROWING through
one $ hEaln rs he sits Da draamiut poetic revllG
on the towering heights Of the mountain.
But enough OF this. will descend from The
heights 10 the earth agaia especially As it is
near tie .!lner hour, anI the Messrs. Pcyton
have a banquet prepared TO celebrate our last
day a. tho springs. The banquet was ono Of
Inc most beautiful and elegant the "Row" ever
attended. There were fourteen courses. The
cookery was 4 triumph Of art, the cuisine per
feet, and The vines divine. II MIR. Pcyton had
OF lately found 4 well spouing with champagne
rs his present spring docs with i'll phur water,
lie could not nave been more lavish with it.
Gel. CrtlCndcn. formerly dAorkaepcr OF the
House o! Delegates, Is master Of ceremony to
the springs, ami he is ~ thoroughly refined,
graceful! aud scC!an!; Il gentleman rs it has
ever been ny lnrtunG To meet, and the White
Sulphur has been fortunate IN securing his ser
Wees.
Il IS OF ronr-r impossible inr Newspaper
Res, away On Il tour, and with nothing to 90,
| - refrain from playing practical jokes. There
| Is 10 Profession that l. educated up to this
kind Of c0luc business except the Press, and
| the whole fraternity arc always on the lu Vlvc
| TO raise laugh Oh each other. On this occa
| slGG ;hcy pcrpG!ralcda cruel hoax on one Of its
! members that he will never hear the last Of.
| TIC Individual referred to will call Mr. Jones
| lOT short, for that isn't his name. How he ever
! *Lraycd into the newspaper business is = marvel
| indeed, but huw he ever succ ,eded in keeping
| his place Is ono OF those strange things 10 life
! that beat Us, Tor Jones Is the most crcdulons
| GnoccHt MAS that ever lived. tie wants to
know all, and tl,rusIs that prominent feature OF
his c0untcnanco, lc ncz, in everything. lie is
10 fact prototype Of Marx Twans bog, Ilv
nr Interrogation point Y? grated toto Paul
pry. Jones is :. tall fellow, Oi that kind Of
| figure which the country people hcrcaboutS
call an awA Ward gaWk. Ills lace is deadly white
with only faint llDcc oil rcd on the end OF the
prominent feature referred to- his eyes are
mild blue, the color Of g0oScbcrries, and always
| in u Wacry condition. his mouth is always par
| ted in Il Sicky smile, lis corners being hid by
| two little Tufts Of hair OF BSmaik color; his
| chin is relrcatng aud cut ia Two just like
double nose pointer dog 8; little goacc OF the
same coorcl hair hangs upon The Chain, which
It's owner is always londy carcssing. Jones
wears spcciaces, blue 0nos al that, and he can
be singled out among crowd by his locks just
as the Bohcmians singled him Quito crack their
jokes upon. When we reached OIkoey Springs
Jones caught mysterious hints Of = great her
NIT who lived Ttew miles from the springs.
Being now on tho alert he kept his ears open
| and sGor heard the subject discussed by all the
boys who played cruelty upon him, but Jones
found out the whole story, to bis own satislac
ton at least. Three miles from the springs, at
the loot OF the mountain, on the side OF corn
field, dwcs veritabIc hermit, who, to cxpialc
some sin or live down some dreadful curse, had
chosen this lonesome spot to pass away the re-
nla!ndcr Of his days. This was romantic in
itself, bu! tic great attraction which possessed
a morbid interest for Jones Was that the hermit
had not changed his clothing, especially his
-, since his voluntary or involuntary retire
mcnl from the world This little fact awoke
| all Jones interest AMI curiosity. lie changed
his OWE sh. beg pardon, his shi-. My
morlrSLy Orbida ne to write it, but mean that
neither garment which is often represented by
a false front and paper cul5, which deceive too
| often conidng public Our hero, as the
novels you'll SAY, had often read Of like cases
| among the anclcHt@ l,iogcncs meyer had Il
second neither garment to his back neither
| had eli DR.. johnson, II history rclcats the
truth The monks 81 IlIrappe had their
made cf horse hair, and never changed them,
and the sanity ST. Stephen, traditions tell u,
wore one Zoe fifty years and never owed his
4 1,.,,r.- tt
all night thinking Ui this strange being, and he
! wrote hall Of his note book up in desert
birg him. Next morning Our Journal
istlr friend hired countryman for S. to
carry him over 10 interview the rccluse Ol the
rlcnnlainS Now it happened that this same
chiI!iika lacking granger had been brlbcd by
carton, Page Mcii.rly aHd others to carry out
! heir s,:ilcmc, anu his wages were q gallon OF
;;,ic jr,S Slipping Of AZ he iOnlly imagined
unseen Jones soon found himself on his way
with anticipation al! agog and the way he
| pumped thc simple ri!ll,l OF nature WAS I lesson
| TO ntcrv;cwcr3.
Had he ever sccn the hermit himself?
W", he calculated he had often.
!nw long had he lived all alone by himself
! We'll, he d!s!cmcmbc!1 exactly, but going
on nIgII soi:2 SIX years.
Was ii tue lhc hermit hadn't changed his
| EiDtlcS :Gt ills SiilTh IN III til!l tiHl"l
Devil take my lights il IL isn't all true.
| AirEt he not have changed his clothes?
Wall he mCut, and linen again he ln0utcnl.
| Ate: iInmrlng Tic driver into a speeches.
condition the wagon halted at = lonely spot 10
newly pI0ughcd field. The mountains nearly
hcmmcl the spot 10, aud The utter silence that
rciunod over the Wild place was only broken by
| the si2hiGr 81 the ir trees and the Cil!oW cav
ug Gi >0fde Yagrant crows high in The aIr. The
granger stopped and solclnnly pointed TO soil
| tary figure IN the field. There h" is now, he
! cxcIamci Look look
In h:i trcrxicd cagcrness Jones could not
SIC. ic tool; oil his glasses and rubbed them
! then wiped The streaming pcrsplraIlon from his
face. Sill lis vision was blurred. He couldn't
| niakn ii cut, and advanced with trembling steps
| towards the mysterious strange being. At last
he reached It, looked, aod Jet looked again,
| turned, and with = quavcring, indignant voice,
| strangely comlaiaGel, he said: Why, damn it,