Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-04-29
THE HERMIT or LONE
CABIN.


-AHeJ ~ AAsS t~'7~ VI NhN wv
ling cfags and cliffs Of the hoa-
ry Slerras stands a lonely cabin,
where only ruin and desolation
mark what might have once been
pleasant if not a happy home.
Well do / remember the dark,
tempestnousy night that q friend
and myself passed beneath its
roof bat a few years since.
While seated before. a glowing
fire, for it was late Ii autumn,
he gaSe me the following Eerit-
able history ofthe place:
Notwithstanding thaEitgwas
miles fam ANY habitationy sek-
eral arsbefore aa7selitarys in
dividfial had appeared in the IL
cipHy, ana ouiSoE thelnaterial
that he1preeured from the-neigh-
boring forest built This rude
cabin. asl.a
He was stranger to all VINO
met him, andtsceining TO avoid
rather than, to .Eeek acquaintan-
ces, he soon Became Known as
"TbssHefmit of Lone Cabin"
Three Years passed, and the
unknown still lived in his Sc
clusion, ,subslstipg upon the game
that he readily procured with
the aid of his rifle. 80
One day Eabout 3tl1is time, als
the hermit. contrary e. his usual
habit, visited the nearest settle
meut, twenty9imiles below, be
was met by a newcomer in the
place, who greeted him with the
familiarity Of an niold il.iend.9H
Appearing surprised, he deni-
ed ever having seen the other,
and would fam have left him,
but the would-be associate seiz-
ed him by the collai5exclaiming:
"You can't deceive me, Loren
Gray. / knew YOU the moment
| saw you, thpugh five years
have changed your looks greats
ly.moDon't you remember Frank
Chapman. I am he. Come, old
boy, / want to show YOU to an
other old friend whom | know
you will be glad tofsee.pbh =
Still the hermityconlused and
excited, protested that his name
was not Loren Gray, aud that
he had never met the other. az
"'Twon't do, old chap; you
can't deceive me by playing off
lin that way,'"' was, the reply he
received ssI Know that you are
Loren Gray, andI have a, friend
down to the Eagle House who
desires to see you on most i'm
portant business. Come with
me, and if he don't recognize
you l Will Stand the drinks for
the crowd,n for by this time
quite knot of spectators had
collected around the spot, eager
to know what was up. ~. 80
Yielding with great reluct-
ance, the hermit was halfdrag-
ged BY the impctuous stranger
dewh to thc public House, fdl4
lowed by 9..lth ltthhggonsl Of lockers
on. e-sf
'sI tell you it's a mistake, ,"re-
peated aheasictihi Amy name is
not Lorelr Gray, butrz,''tqotg 4
eBy this time they had entered
the building, and erhe, stranger,
turning quickly to young man
lying on a dry-goods box near
at hand iReolently yasmoking his
pipe, eriHd; Hd;ke-yafl5oli
S'fIcfe,, At, fhavc found him. "
Springing toIhis feet in sur
1 prise, the ones addressed, WHO
ibid not seemtto be more than
twenty-one or two years ofage.
with a tall, athletic form, turned
upon the intrpdsrs sEg Z.
Ashe caught sight of the her.
mithe staggeres- back llik8Sbe
Ashot, and pressing lis hand to
his forehead, cxclaimed:E"N
"L,olen Gray!Y- : .iei''''lial 2 "a
"Yes,Y crieet Vhis afriepd, tri-
lumphantly, ~I found him less
than fiye minutes agpa hut be
has the audacity to deny his
identity .ea' - ''''s1 = . nv J, J.
Uaheedipg the. words, ! the
young man faced the. amazed
hermit, and asihis piercing eyes
met the pthers, he said, hoarss7
Hy tembling With passion:
Have you forgotten me, Lo-
rcn Gray?" s,,r,,ss
"For ,mercy's sake, tellpome
whatahis mcansl / am not Lo-
rem GRAY, and peither 80 / know
F,,1 l'Jgsl - Az EIFA FEAH
bah! You need net think
to escape by your lies. ] have
not hunted fsbayou this, five
years to be baffied- now that /
have found YOU If You do not
iremember me, have you forgot
ten my sister, whom you betray-
he'd and murdered % = ar.'7 " 'ysi''
k.T 80 tAff ~ ~ s-
Il "Not aiword, tlogl' 7 40u can
soferlnoatonementforthe wrongs
that you hayepdonei save iW the
n Sacpi f;co- Of .stk5SFf,. re 1esrt