The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-20
BY MRS. ,. M. DHu coTrEs.

with a yell rather infernal than physical, the conturor threw himsef upon Odalie who still held the black cat, clutching the animal by the head, holding 1t aloof and gloating upon it with crazed eyes and the panting laughter of vampireism. The cat
 walled in anger and pain, trying to squirm out of the vice that held 1t, then venting screech of frenzy. AchiIle whooped like one distraught, and beat a tattoo on his drum. With a groan one of the women swooned into the ashes of the hearth.
 'The boding evil grew everywhere manifest.
 "Pastonair gripped the black cat closely, suffocating it, choking 1t in his clutch to silence, then wringing its neck and cackling in the flush of ex- ultation, sniggering tremulously in the last stages of sensibility. drop of blood was jetted on his hand. then upon the floor, whereupon the besotted con- juror placed the cat to his mouth and sucked the warm and drooling life blood-a hideous toast to death"
 And Helen Pilkin tells us in the fore word that her story 'is lacking in ade- Quacies rather than accuracies."
 MARRIAGE OF MISS WILL
 LIAMS AND MIR STEVENSON. The following account of a wedding which took place in Clayton on We'd nesday will be read with deep interest by friends in Montgomery
 The bride Is a sister of Mrs. W. M. wilkerson of this city. She has many other relations and hosts of warm friends here, who wish for her and her husband the cnoicest of life's blessing. The Clayton Record has this to say of the wedding:
 There was a pretty home wedding in Clayton last Wednesday evening at o'clock, when Mr. Thomas c. Stew enson, of Charleston. S. C., and Miss Nell Williams the youngest daughter of Hon. and Mrs. J. N. Williams, were united in holy wedlock. Rev. R. H. Lewis, of the Methodist Epis- copal Church South, of which the bride has been a member from her girlhood, performed the ceremony, making the sadly sweet occasion" doubly impress sive--as he exacted from each a pledge of faithful devotion to the together in most sacred ties. praying that the blessings of Heaven might attend them always. There were no only a few of the intimate friends and relatives of the family being present. The parlors and recep- tion hall were decorated quite taste fully in the flowers of the season. The bride wore a handsome travelling suit of blue. while the groom's cos- tune was of the stylish and conven- tional black. More than passing in- teret attaches to this marriage, for Mrs. Stevenson has been a general fav- orite vita this people for a number of years. She is. indeed lovely young woman. with a beautiful char acter. a happy disposition, an attrac- tive personality. bright intellect and all those gentle graces and fine attrib- utes that endear her to all with whom she comes in contact.
 The groom is of a fine old South | Carolina family and is. himself. highly cultured. splendidly educated, an ex- cellent honorable, manly man, a gem tleman worthy of the prize that ne has won. Many presents were be- slowed upon the happy couple, evil dencing the esteem in which they are held. Scores of their friends gathered at the station. and best wishes and bidding them an affectionate bood-bye as they took the train at $40 for s. C.. their future nome. where MT. Stevenson is profitably em- ployed as g civil engineer in the ser vice of the United States Government.
 RECEPTION AT c. AND l. CLUB.
 The reception at which the members of the Commercial and Industrial As. sociation entertained the members of the National Association of Railroad on Friday evening was the most brilliant social function of the week. There were a number of charm Ing women in the party whom 1t was a pleasure to meet
 Among the ladies who coporo.aS 4ho party foR the occasion were Mrs. A. c. Forbes and Mrs. Virgil | Grifhh, who presided at one punch bowl: | Mrs. c. G. Abercrombie and Mrs. Moritz, who were hostesses at another, and Mesdames Leslie Gilbert w. F. J. I. Mckinney, Henry Da- John V, Saith. Vim. Hubbard.