The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-10-17

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reached Nantucket IN No night. ahd n
10 said hs VS. never feeh there In The
daylight Agsin Bs disappearance was
commented m hHt ~ he had M nsaf
relatives M soafob vaa mads f1f him
The f0llnvihR summsr hDNeyef he
was found Installed At Qiddlt. In tbs
ltls hDuse u IN day one that had been
huilt NJ wfoekau faflf 10 The century
There he lived aver after q silent msn
The storms I'D him with rreokaRs
whirh h. pulled up, and which sHll fs.
mains about The castle Nailed 40 on
The hahiiaiion hTe a score NJ faded gili
hhme boards n vessels which have been
driven over the t%fohrhefous shoals In
The last half century Many lives he
saved NY burning fires At the head NJ
The sheltering little hay near his door
for the guidance " shipwrooked sailors,
and many we're tho blessings and re-.
wards be- received On himself. how.
over, he would say nothing, and finally
bis story became M much of y mystery
10 The fresh generation Of natives M 20
the strnDger Twice n year, aud always
In the night. he would 90 into town
And visit the loft Of the old Macy store,
wherein some furniture and papers Of
his were slowed. lie was always away
from view before daylight and back to
his well.greased little stove aud the
single shelf which constituted bis pantry.
With lhc influx II summer visitors the
old hermit sprang into a notoriety which
yearly increased, until he became one Of
the modern historical features Of the
island. His ancient blue-edgcd plates,
his odd collection Of cases and the curl
Gus art square In the oaken floor o.
his bedroom, made by mailing down cop
per coins, caused him to become speed
lily famous, and drovea paying trade b,
pulling mp the coins and selling them L
his guests.
Until the last the old man preserve,
the sphinx.liko mystery which hum
about him. His dead body was founl
one bright summer morning sitting up
right In an oaken chair by tho fireplace
A ray Of light from the single oiled
paper windows shot over his shoulde
and fell upon the closed Bible upon hi
knee. His bowed head was upon hi
breast shroudcd In white hair. whlc.
reached far below his shoulders. and hi
wonderful, heavy, snowy beard ripple
down almost to the floor. He was ella
In his customary ihreadbare coarse gal
ments, the patches on which were pile,
one above the other, but stitched wit
the n%catncss and precision Of n woman
hand.
THAT Ia Fred Parker's romance,
said n summercr nj the Nantucket. n
he tossed his cigar from the ycrnnda m
prepared TO ascend to his room. II wa
late. My boy aud myself found III
manuscript Of Mary's letters wrapped /
oiled six under n Rose brick oyer IN
crockery shelf at the hermitage this sun
mer. Among the old mans papers .
the store, to which reference was mad
OF the wrapper, we found the notice
the loss OF the Cynthia, visited m
aunt AT Edgartown n few weeks ag,
and she supplied missing connections
the story, rs | have related"
"What became Of Maryp"
"No one knows. The shin neyc
: came back TO this coast, and tho CAPITA
} and his wife were last heard from
Australia. My aunt said II did n
prove n happy marriage. ~ antgek
(Afa".) Cor. ~ J. Sun.
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