The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-09
CHAPTER xxx.
CHRISTMAS I'VE.

thence of many ambitious men, in all ages,
| Saul Macy, being tired with sitting in an
arm chair watching his boiler, without
perceiving indications of increasing heat,
changed position to q lounge he had pro-
vided, and extended his form upon that
more comfortable resting-p place. ssWell!''
he unused "It's long coming this time; but
when il comes, it will be q settler ~
With this soothing reflection, he settled
himself on the lounge, and presently forgot
all about "power" in powerless slumber,
the effect of oyer-etfort upon his still feeble
health. Sleeping, he dreamed; and his
dream went on while Susie and Amelia were
reading Captain Reyere's letter about Lone
Star; and when they came out TO the stable,
they found him ready TO relate his dream,
before he read the letter.
It was a "queer dream" Susie said Saul
had been borne, IN spirit, to battlefield;
and he had witnessed a ssfree fight there
on; while conscious, at the same time, of
another tableau In the air above that battle
field; a tableau of soldiers in old continental
uniforms, cooked hats, blue coats, buff
neither clothes; and two men, foremost Of
the air-pieture, shaking hands together;
those two men wearing the faces of Captain
Revere and Lone Star. Has55
Captain Revere and Lone Starr ex-
claimed Amelia. s'Ohi what did they say?'
You woke me up so suddenly, daugh-
gef +! SdlQ the uFthlhoEs udu W Iedto tIlo
company at once -
SO, pshaw, father ~ pouted Amelia; and
then her father read her lovers letter; and
then Captain Hooper came In with Moss
Cohen; and twilight came next; and, after
all, the 'inyisible power" refused to come.
So, as supper-time approached, Saul Macy
replenished his furnace, set the safety-valye,
and connected his engine shaft by wire to
the burglar-alarm.
Aha Vop f0,s Sos
soon as the power is well at work as we shall
hear from it; and can eat my supper with
satisfaction!
And, so, on that pleasant oath evening of
December 1853, Saul Macy and his happy
family surrounded their Christmas Eve
supper; thankful for bounties of the pre-
sent, and hopeful for blessings to come.
The tFtable-talk," of course was on the
letter and the dream; and as the wine cir
culated Moss Cohen and Captain Hooper had
| their stories of 'scoincidences' to relate;
! and many were the surmises and surprises
which their "yarns" occasion; until the
hours glided on, from seven O'Clock until
nine, before they rose from the table; and
| nothing was heard of Saul's invisible
power, by way of an alarm-beu IN the
stable Moss Cohen consulted his watch,
and agreed with Captain Hooper that
| Captain Edward Butler Revere need not be
| expected before ten o'clock, and that they
might as well elbow cloud" before his
| arrival And while they were mingfing
their whiffs of cigaF-smoke, Dr. Plato came
around to burn weed with them; and Saul
Macy began to repeat his dream, for the
doctor.
| Then, suddenly came crash, as if
| hundred burglar-alarms were struck at
once; shock, as of electricity, ylbrated
| through the house; a fame, as of sheet
I Is,~l%w haA inf q
..Mercy! F" screamed Susie ''I'm almost
aAnd I'm struck, Susie, believe! I"
cried Saul, staggering to his feet, like
drunken man.
All were on their feet together; and Susie
| few to her husband. But in moment,
Macy felt his strength coming back. He
had been only momentarly affected by the
shock.
seTo the stable, Cohen! - he shouted and
! darted out of the room; all following him.
Stars shone brightly in the blue sky of that
mild December night; but another light
cleaned from the old out-building; CLEAN
that brought neighbors to the grounds from
all sides, and a half dozen steam ire engines,
| TO deluge roof and walls with water.
Fire is swift; and flames already redeemed
the air, as they shot through iron plated
doors and shutters and rose over the nearest
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roof tree. But those Volumes of water pour
ed in heavy succession, soon subdued all
| fire. and left the stable q snouldering rum. /.
Before midnight, the merry group Whlcn
had gathered around that Christmas Eve
supper, were seated, with grayer faces, IN
Saul Naey's library, talking OF ms sslli
invisible power still '.undeyeloped,
and of that old stable, now only memory t.
its owner, of disaster following disaster
| Captain Revere held AmelIa's hand in his
as they sat together on the sofa; for, durln
the conhagration, that young soldier had
arrived to report conclusion" TO his
story of Lone Star.
''The most curious co-incidences ever
knew - said Revere. Ellis great grand
father was q comrade of mothers grand
father In the Revolutionary war, and bis
name is Bolton Rolfe! -
ssB. R.'' said Susie. 'tHe signed his note
with those initials l''
''Bolton was the name of my mothers
father said Fanny Revere.
'sBut how did Lone Star get our name3''
asked Fanny Revere, in wonder.
"His great grandmother was Bolton
and his great grandfather was a Rolfe" an
swered Revere; proceeding with his tale
ssThat old revolutionary Rolfe married tht
sister of his comrade Bolton, and Lone Stal
showed me a picture of his great grand
mother, which might do for sister Fanny
He said he had owned o gold loeket, with
M. B on it,so found that my confederate
guard was an old-fashioned Virginiar
cousin of the s. Yank'' he shot at In Libby
prison. =
"Wonders will never cease ~ exclaimed
Saul Macy, looking at Susie, who returned
her quick glance Wife, cur time has
comel'' 5
Then, as the group Of interested face.
leaned more closely about him, Saul Macy
at that first hour of Christmas morning. re-
lated his own story Of sspowers' sought and
'spowera obtained ten months before, II
that old-time stable-relic of a mansion
once owned by rich man whose descendant:
were all collected in that circle Of amazed
listeners.
"Wonders viii never cease" Susie re
peated, when her husband concluded hii
narration.