The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-17
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Away down lin Soothess Georgia
where thefed. rusty clay shows in
weary mOnotony along the road and
the tnrpertine foxes look Like faces.
peering out at you blankly rs the train
s~ eeps by. is the village of Olustee.
The naiis is'sot kgDwnI to fame. al
though filed away in the musty re-
cords Df the var department you wliI
End is sseptioned -, The place where
"0enersl Somhdy in command Of the
Fedesal trsepe- met and defeated the
rebel Gen. What's His Name in hot
engagement" and probably Immediate
" after laid himself down and quietly
died Of moequitoe bites. Be that As
i NAV, the inhabitants are happy in
the belief that Olustee is a place Of
consequence and has future, and far
be it from my province to shatter their
"chatesux en- Espagne."
BE tlyOh - chazte rs snow, thou
shall not escape calumny," is wise
remark and IS probably the condensed
wisdom of keen observations of some
philosopher Who resided in some place
where people knew Zach Others
actions saw for instance some country
burgh Of q limited number Of inhabi-
tanis like Olussee.. And indeed
scandal fOurishedl here with that
peculiar semitropical luxuriance that
runs riot with only a thin foundation
of muck. 49, g. ..,,.-
In the early spring of the year in
which We write before the feverish
heat OF summer came with its glowing
and trembling. Olustee became possess
ed of u sensation which partook of
mystery !; not that it was q murder or
suicide or mysterious disappearance
such a. are common in the every day
life of . large city. but rather a very
mysterious appearance. not of . comet
or uncouth animal. but q young man
of average good looks and intelligence.
No one could positively state how he
had actually come save his landlady,
Mrs. Saunders, and this valuable lady
testified that on a certain night, which
the villagers remember as one Of
storm and rain, the mysterious young
man had knocked at her door and
asked for lOdpinps. and when showing
him to his room she particularly
noticed that his clothing bore NO
trace" of vet or travel, pointing
plainly to the fact that he had come in
a closed carriage. This was slightly
strengthened 81 the testimony of Miss
Bates, who lived ut the north end Of
the village, to the fact that on that
night she was aroused BY the sound Of
carriage wheels coming and going.
but as she was of an uncertain age and
her yeracity below par, her evidence
went for little. The name of the
Mystery" was Tom Burton. -.
.ni Ia this village resided one Of those
women who when We FIRST see them
recall to mind the picture Of Zenobia.
Full and finely formed. with dusky
wealth Of hair, that shone with a
purplish lustre like q ravens wing ;
eyes Mn inc st~Iy i s. =. s" .Se
carnatioh, tinge OF q pomegranate.
they seemed more to be formed for
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man PuIe! anu Ce.sel 49, sSe."s
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vbsche f 81 t tts 6erv emHrsce turns tie
flowers II kisses to ashes. and vet men
do worship- them. and will no doub,
until the end Of the chapter, or until
wisdom supplants passion. She was
An ornhan left with an inheritance
that vas MAGNIFICENT In its extent e
the humble dwellers in this Southern
hamlet Who looked up to her as some.
thing q great deal above a mortal and
q little lower than an angel. Such
was, Rose POindexter, the belle o.
Olastee., 80 -. 3 ..s -....-e.,. s.
Shortly after his arrival. Tom Bur.
ton Obisined the position Of school
teacher in ono of the district schools in
the village It was something Il
which he was evidently unaccustomed
and yet Oh showing his fitness for the
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