The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27

nearest Post ONCE and further from the
married. son. To the house OF tho father there
Who said ne was prospecting for coal II was
not unreasonable. for even to this lonely region
spect pS9G srest c HSm q i%S~liSGEd RSEs9So : where
EnRiIsh cnpitnlists we're expanding millions In
s atiEglsG wc SSSl s foT t iTSn ms sna lH Srs 81 Steel, 4
shreyd Virginia doctor had persuaded mem
that incalculabic wealth could be drawn som
as far as ii6oth street. and the sites
signs. There had been an auction sale Of lots:
on what was to DO .FortIeth street. A belt rail
road was projected. The place Is dead enodsh
there STi was "ssg a f iine hotel and any number. Of
Englishmcn, Even the colored man, Ct the
railway sttatiop AL, asse ! for ni The he ' 6rS 3 tor fTn my
way. II was all in a basin OF the Cumberland
Mountains. and more beautiful surroundings
THAT other enterprising capitalists should
seek beds OF coal and iron seWhere IN the
mountaineer. The stranger stayed q week.
prowling In. the woods, and cnlttvatinE the
r notRihs for 81 h tse b @Sr5ieq F SSsi n 90 sos5eS eaya are
peculiar in this. I would as soon think OF
blowing out the gas as to ofrer to pay one
mode Of suicide. That a .reslly, human being
should. actually take pay for what 9 stranger
u ~ IlS NhDIb. ~ lnClCululc W u man il
that region. and the offer OF. pay is construed
as a deliberate, intention to insult,,an in
hogs, The visitor was What the mountain
people think Is m,eaner stu than that, the
@ %Gs, s dssplGsH ans Of q tS Ssl SoomsSin Sslsfht ero a T TfEi
their little stills never sell the product OF their
occasional midnight labors. It Is 9 stan OF life
lhsor or a wayfarer whose credentials are, good.
The Government docs not discriminate be-
for profit and those who provide for family
needs. and is not above employing spies. for
W%Sn c sns Ssatsm IN n q The sHif limited v s%sIs Ia pe Of
the bills.
tude for the Kindness he had met. took his
leave and then led the revenue agents to the
ute hut where the married son. 9psusplclous.
weary months In jail. and perhaps u longer
time in the penitentiary. leaving in the hearts
outrage that hat would Slddfhn have d fsH1f the Gso Sleep p@ of
the spy II he had been within reach.
long dists s1e 6 oSe4 the gone rec sse n lntneT Hsd' rt shs
he came face to face, with, his former guest. the
taehe and pretended not to Know the old man.
The keen eye Of, tho mountaineer. seeing few
year. was certain. Before the man could draw
2 weHRIo on e ,i, defence the hilI man. 20 years old:
the throat and hurled him to the ground. He
such force his head had struck q nost. and
The iIlers who Witnessed the assault urged
the old man to fy. as, two revenue Officers were
what he thought was n virtuous deed. The
country doctor suspected there was concussion
Of the skull. For more than q week It Was be-
lieved the man would, die. and at the county
seat nth the court refused bail to tho assatlant.
the history of the county. and 1T was in the de;
fence OF the mountaineer that my hermit had
local rcnown that has not diminished with time.
Il was the first time the loathed revenue spy
pealed to the strongestsympathies ofeverybody.
including the officers Of the court. That a man
S Sie@,n mo oeege Mhile &c he t Gould T make 81 ! bars 2 SPY Iivi ,0r
hardly believe. The young LAWYER character
pow !" that at even W III Il it sBRs BAD m NOT be smeh sS T,ynet fbnEE
there was no intent to kill. the jury would have
without leaving their seats. TGe wise sheriff ;
allowed the SOY to sneak out. while. everybody
many still believe he went on and hanged him.
sell Ike Judas. hut this was the invention OF
5 man s Ment b, to pr I've a Iy 1in tn The old
but not SO much 4 OF a hero as the young iawyei
who had defended him.
weeks after the exhibition, Of. their feelings
passionate eIoduence OF the lawyer. 'The
isnreer Of the latter was then in his own hands.
1 ahGfe e Tss n bi@ 1f'i tS.t tG NV %h neh,5 popular u suffrage
He was a Patrick Henry. a C~aihoun-every
Southern great man known to the people OF
The hills. To their utter amazement he went
away without any known reason, writ
ng briefly from Washington and Rich
nond that he should not return. It is the one
t.e,ep, mystery in the history OF that section.
The lawyer had never been suspected OF any
religious tendency. He made his
way to the lonely Peak OF Otter for solitude. If
ie had been ambitious merely to run a hotel.
here were many more promising sites within
ms reach. He admitted that he assumed the
OF landlord. as the price OF his exclusive
occupation Of the mountain summit and the
iouse; Certainly 1t was not to read that he
ought quiet; or IL he read. it was only the
3i6lc. than which no other volume was In sight.
1t is many years since l was there. and then
10 was trying to get used to tho idea OF taking
Up the burden OF life in the world again-a life
nat seemed very far away even to the visitor
II the melancholy twilight. Thave long sinco
1t for granted that he has quit hermitiz-
nc: indeed, | have heard that he retired from
he mountain and married. II he does notturn
tle nulnit he mnY vet nnnnar in Ennnrosr IS