The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1886-07-24
The DoDaldsopyille Chief
Written for the CHIEF.
Two More Victims.
Two Dollars a Year.

Written for the CHIEF.
Two More Victims.
'Tis night according to the almanac and our
whose yeracity is unquestionable
and yet the sun fingers to kiss the swaying tree
tops. much to our discontinue. as this tale was
laid BY moonlight. Besides. if there was any
OSCILLATION Of consequence to do up there.
what's the matter with US 2 After we'll ma
tured patisnce. interpreted with much reli
gious demonstration. it finally collapses. At
last the silyeky moon steals forth-it could as
readily stesl fifth or sixth. or the whole arith-
metic. for that matter. but she seems satisfied
no New York alderman about her-and SUM-
burned zephyr and q hand-painted heifer go.
ricooheting athwart the verdant area they
always do these things in every reliable narra-
tive. Now the INDISPENSABLE stiffness that
settles over the earth about the time Of night
In all tragic fiction, refuses to settle. Ny
washerwoman says the same Of me. Everything
seems conspiring to balk me in this under
taking. Thomps Brown just dropped in and
kindly advised me to desist on the grounds
that there was no coroner approximate. Print
urges me on; said he had not been to q fun ral
in long time. Nothing Disconnected con-
tinue. The indescribable stiffness SO essential
to the rendition of y, tragic theme is dis
turbed By the efforts Of a vocalistic frog which
has ensconced itself in hearing and out of
reach. Anon the melodioua tones of trio of
the dark aborigines is waited to me through
the open window. as follows: II rangel"
"Hesve off" Dun ootch you jack, niger;
count me free in dis game. - and such like. So
il my sentimental equilibrium does not m ain
tain its requisite expressiyeness you can account
for the wherefore. But to begin:
CHAPTER IL.
It is still moonlight-the same moon. char
tered for the occasion-gnd Dionicius, with
banjo in one hand and a smile of unmistakable
durn-ff- 1-don't in the other, sallies forth to
subdue the Queen Of the African Hall For
four successive moons he had SHE'D his gaunt-
Jet at the denizens Of African Hall and found
NO takers. Was he to hold undisputed sway?
A. vet it seemed 80. He approaches the wig
wan OF his inanorata and detaches a charm
from about HIS neck-a bone. we'll worn, with a
huge chain attached; in sooth. charm, for q
monstrous cur approaches. Making the end Of
the chain secure to the gatepos he bangles the
bone before the canine and the sagacious brute
succumbs. With a do-or-die intent he awakens
Fne echoes with some melody and pours forth
ms vocalistic eloquence. A sylph-like ebonized
cherab unchains the festooned lattice and a
messo-soprano voice exclaims, Am dem you.
Dionicius3' His heart agitates SO freely that
two suspender buttons become detached and all
the vocabulary he has saved up for this occa-
sion vanishes. SO he contents himself with say
ang, Dem are. my ownest own Luella Ida, an
4-se cum fur keeps; got all my close in my west
pocket. Les scoot. Whar de kuruel2 Call off
You dorg; he done chawed up de charm an Use
feedin' him off de banjo strings. Got er grease
speck on mJ trouserlaone an if he fin it out Tee
soner. has ter try an git de fence 'twixt he
an me- Drap trough de winder, ducky, an fee
VII you bio. fore de ole man git hyar." A pro
found hushativeness prevails for a few mo-
ments and Dio strains his ears to hear the
drap. It occurs with crash and q smash.
'j1or. she dun gone trough de consaryatorinm
Is you safe. hum" he exclaims, as she clides
painting 70 MS side. Yass. hun; 1 drapped on
my he'd. Jes' four glass broke, muffin else. Sh-
hush! dar's par cummin down de lane wifi Won
onsuccesstul rival. Does you knows him? He
name Aleck Sanders Mailhe. Gwine er gradur-
ate at de horse pistol mex var IN be or doctur.
ra say mus hav um, an hain't ewine or. Oh
Lor, wese discovered; les scoot" And tbev
scooted.
CHAPTER III, IT. ----5 ss
1t is no more moonlight. Owing to some
titW In the contract the moon refuses to work
An intense darkness prevails The fueitiyes
having lohc 10,
ground. barb wire fences ETC., finally reach ]
clearing. "Whar's de bugeyruche?'' exclaime
the painting Lu, Few steps futher, few steps
hun." At last they reach it-none too soon. fo,
the pursuers are in sight. Climbing in, she
Selis. Turn i'm loose! tech i'm upv' and of
they speed. On, on they flew for miles. per.
maps more, out Of sight and reach of pursuers.
ana now the road seems less intact. Presently
they lurch-now they strike water. .Lorr,
screams Lu, "Whar is us?" Dunn know
hun. calculates Dio. Another lurch. Good.
ness NV. dis vars orful road you Sc fetched up
In. Does you knows which it is an whar we 'se
ewlne9' "Uh-uh, hun, it so dark can't see
whar rs is; sides Use member oh dc P'hce
Jury, an isn't lowed ter take obserwashuns
oh any road. hence my ignance.' "Heabens!
what dis yare Don't you feel sumfn roun' you
footss' "Yaas!' cries Dio in dismay; Its
mud. an debnggyruche am foatin in it, "Tarn
to de right" "Did-dars fence dar," ..Tarn
to de lef. den." "Did-anufer fence DIR !"
''Isrn roun'. dem" Cant do it, hun: it's no
use deceibin' you furdey; we is lost! lost,
Ciung to me. Luella. chung you last chung: our
minutes is reckoned-,ce is in de Ne,, Ribber
Lane from whence dar is no redempshun. We
IL boun' ter perish tergedder-dar's no 'scape.
Weee gwine down fas'--jes look, hun, tlar amt
nufain LET oh de mule 'cept his yars. If de good
t1or will only spar ne jss dis var wunst, l
would forswear de P'lice Jury an become or in
elgnlhcant citizen, an when de SCISSOR kim
s1un' guy him de 'zact valeration oh my prom.
erty. would eung hymns for Deacon Mills
jackson an becom de shinin light in de Mount
Zion chnch." In vain--the treacherous miro
enfolds them in its meshes and slowly thew dis
appear beneath its surface, and when the dav
dawned and the explorers took the hole AWAY
to search for the bodies they discovered nothing
TO proclaim the awful tragedy enacted In that
apparently peaceful mire-notling. for they
dropped clean through
Your own, TOMMY 7
a Wise Reform.
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tul doses, as Nh antidote to malarial maladies
vas once dangerously common Happilv this
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