Telegram-herald., 1890-03-15

PLACES the movement would have the
least sRl where TIE greatesE eject Ies
people might IL informed 20 tine -
save themselves before their cities ana
houses had fallen under ms blow. bgE
how ~ere 40 - kBow it9 i taink hs
sid. the oonsee uenoes Of the shock
may be even mere CON pllcstea than can
even be Imagined. The Fo4csnos,
proaang by this occasion, would vopit
ike = person y 10 il ~ea-slcS. Perhaps
. part ~ the ocesn might faA tate enc
81 their cratsrs. IL wosid make small
difference then. lt j. entirely possible
tnat We might have explosions which
would make our earth jump Al, this
satan Maston-i imegine him juggling
with cur earthly globe and playing With
Il as il he were playing billiards."
So talked and reasoned Aleide Pier
deuK. Soon these terrible hypotheses
were taken up and discussed By the
newspapers The confusion which
would De the result OF the scheme OF
Bzrbicane & Co. could only result IN
terrible accidents. And SO II happened
that the nearer the day came tho great
er the fright which took possession Of
the brayest people. II MAS the same as
il vas in the year 1000, when ali living
people supposed they would be thrown
suddenly into the JAWS Of death. Ii may
be recalled What happened st this
period According 70 the Apocalypse
1he people were led 20 believe that the
Judgment day had come. In the last
year Of the tenth century, says IL
Martin, every thing was interru pied
- pleasures, business, interest all.
even the public works OF the
country. Thinking only Of the
eternity which was tc begin on the nor
row, provision was made only To- the
most necessary articles for one or tHo
days All possessions, real estate, cas-
ties were bequeathed 20 the church, 80
as 10 acquire protection IN that King
dom Of Heaven where all were 30 soon
To enter. Many donations 20 the churches
were made with these words: 'As the
end OF the wGrld has come, and its ruin
is imminent" When this fatal time
came, all the people ran TO the churches
and places set apart for religious meet
ings and waited TO hear the seven trump
tLS OF bit stftH dilsrAS VI INC gluS 4htHb
day sound and call from Heaven. We
know that the first day OF 1000 came
and went and nothing was changed.
But this time il was not the question Of
disturbance simply based upon some
verse of the Bible. It was the question
of removing the axis Of the earth, and
this was founded on very reliable cslcu-
lations and vas very probable.
Under these conditions the situation
of J. T. Maston became each day more
and more critical. Mrs. Evangelina
Scorbitt trembled lest be would become
the victim OF a universal cry for ven
geance. Perhaps she even had in her
mind the idea of making him give up the
information which he SD herOically held
to himself. But she did not dare TO men
tion it to him and she did we'll. II would
have been unwise for her to expose her
self TO the yolley OF rebukes be would
have given her. AS we may we'll under
stand, fright had taken a strong foothold
in the city of Baltimore and the inhab-
itants became nearly manageable
The excitement was increased by arti-
cles appearing in the daily papers. In
any case, il J. L. Maston had been
found among the crowd of people, his
fate would have been soon settled. He
would have been given TO the wild
beasts. But he was content and said:
II am ready for it." No matter what
happened, J. T. Maston refused 20 make
known the situation of that * know
ing very well that if he should un-
vail the secret President Barbi-
cane and Captain Nicholl would
be unable to finish their work. IL
was an interesting struggle-this fight
of one man against the whole world. lt
only made J. T. Maston grander and
better man in the eyes of Evangelins
Scorbitt, and also in the opinion of his
associates OF the gun club. Tho secre-
tsry of the gun club became such cele-
brated person that be began 10 receive
letters as all criminals do from people
who wished to have few lines from the
hand which was going TO turn tho world
over. But even II this was all very nice,
it became every day more and more dam
gerous for our secretary. The pOpula-
tion hung day and nigp. around the
prison, with great noise and great tu-
mutt. The eDrsged crowd wanted TO
lynch j. Z. Maston. The police saw the
moment would como when they would
be unable TO defend the prison and the
prisoner, J. T. Maston. Being desirous
of giving satisfaction and information
20 the American people. as well ss 70
the people Of other countries, the Gov
ernmont at Washington decided 70 put
j. T. Maston before court OF justice.
What other people have not been able
to accomplish the judges will not said
Alcide Pierdeux, VIII had after all
kind of friendly feeling for The IN
happy calculator.
On the morning OF tho 9th Of septem-
Der the president OF the commission
went personally % the cell OF the pris-
oner. Mrs Eyangelins Scorbitt. at her
own request, bad been allowed 20 sc-
company him. Perhaps al tnis last at
tempt the influence OF this excellent
lady would succeed and bring the hop~d-
for result. There was nothing 20 be
left undone. All means possible were
20 be used 70 make this last attempt
successful. Fit wss not-well, We viii
see. "Yes. we will soc" What We
would see is the hanging Of this brute
Maston, said the people. and the event
would have come OF in al SIS ror II
tho people could have Il their ~-~ So
it happened that a. eleven o'c1o-'- J. r.
Maston was ushered into The pence
of Mrs. Evangelina Scorbitt 49, John