tl . ‘ A TERRIBLE FRIGHT. " “How does fright affect you? It al- ways makes me gold all over, and shiv- ery, like water down one’s back, you know.” ~ “Fright?” questioned one of those ad- dressed. “Oh, if I’m frightened, I scream right- straight out, nothing can stop m-e—I just yell.” “You just do!” corroborated another of the pretty cdnclave round the fire, with a laugh. “I never heard any- thing like it; when that tramp we met yesterday in the avenue at dusk sud- denly addressed us, you made the wel- kin ring, and pinched my arm black and blue, until I made you understand the wretched creattu‘e had only asked his way.” There was the usual desultory chat" and exchange of confidences, between mouthfuls of muffin, concerning alarms, past, present and future, when a. hand- some woman with mischievous eyes, who had not hitherto: spoken, ex- claimed: “W'ere none of you girls ever struck dumb with fright?” “What a question?” they chorused. “Why, Mrs. Treherne, were you ever taken like that?” “On one memorable occasion,” was the reply, while a comical expression settled about the corners of a mouth which Venus herself might have en- vied for its outlines, “I lost the entire faculty of speech during fully ten. min: utes. I was struck dumb, and only found my tongue too late to be of any use.” The speaker looked across at her hostess. She was met by an amused air of incredulity. “Let us hear the story, Kitty. I can’t believe in your being frightened; but unbosom yourself, dear. I intend keeping you until the men come in to introduce my brother, so you’ve plenty of time.” Amid mur— murs of excited anticipation Mrs. Tre- herne began: - g~_.‘“It was an evening like this—dark and dreary, with a thick, white fog. But I’d better go back to the beginning, or you won’t understand. We were living in Highfordshire during the last years of my husband’s lifetime, and my dream was to become an artist. I‘m sorry to say it has never been realized. “There was even at that time a‘schocl of painting near us at Treeleigh, and I soon found a lady artist willing to teach me the rudiments. A drawback to com- plete happiness in my newly—adopted vocation was the distance between our house and this woman’s studio, for Mr. Treherne, much as be disliked my painting craze, as he called it, objected ft“: my being alone about the roads still more; and I must admit they were un- commdnly dark at times. I may add also”——and the droll look crept up to her eyes—“he had two special bugbears. These were the artery :nd the models. “He declared they were all scamps, and that, if I escaped from the arti- fices of the one, I should sooner or later be garotted by the other. The male sex he more particularly referred to, but I: must. confess he had no very high opinion of the women either. “Therefore, much as he hated his horses being out at night, he insisted on sending the carriage fer me in all weathers,and I firmly believe the coach- man had orders to give a receipt for my person every evening. “Whether the presence of a good-look- ing young fellow who used to go about with one of the artists, and whose, no doubt, well—intentioned glances my husband had surprised in church, con- tributed at all to this frame of mind, I never knew. ButI had my suspicions, although, as a matter of fact, I never so much as spoke to the man, or heard his name. “One day in the winter, I had been working in the life class till after five, and owing to a. dense fog the carriage was late. I suppose. I ought to have waited for it, but the tempter in the shape of a girl friend persuaded me to take. tea. in her rooms. Nor am I quite clear if directions were left at the stu- dio to enable the carriage to find me. “I dare say you imagine the party included men. If you do, you are wrong. Whatever Mr. Trehernc thought, morals were very strict, I can tell you, in Treeleigh. “We were half a dozen girl students, of whom one played divinely on the ’cello, and it must have been quite an hour later before I started, my body- guard not. having turned up, to trudge home in the mud'alone. “I have said the roads could be very dark, but. I never knew them so bad as they were on this particular evening. Lamps there were few even in the vil- lage, and the fog obscured such as there were. I felt very sorry for myself on leaving the comparative illumination of the street for the utter blackness of the lonely road that lay between me and home. “I wondered where the brougham could be, and for once missed its com- fortable cushions, and the inspiriting pre.;._ ace of our fat coachman. The fog penetratbd eyes, nose and ears. It blinded me and made me cough. “With. difficulty, by aid of my um- brella :nd the palings, I was able to keep upon the apology for a sidewalk, though in places I literally had to crawl along as best I could. “Just at first there were people about, grown large and, indistinguish- able in the mist. A boy passed me whistling a popular air. I envied him his courage, and Would have‘liked to imitate it. He passed on, and I felt more lonely than ever. The tree trunks loomed like huge phantoms in the murky stillness, and the whole world seemed dead. “Then I remembered an encampment of gypsies, of whom some had posed as models, and nearly all had been up before my husband in his capacity as magistrate, during the past month. Supposing one of them had noticed my watch or rings during a sitting? The thought was appalling. “Footsteps behind me made my heart- jump into my mouth, but they died away in the distance. I shuddered, I ' . stepped in a puddle up to my ankles, and, had I been a man and not so frightened, should undoubtedly have used bad language. “I had reached a hollow, the very darkest part of the road where the fog lay thickest, when all at once Iwas con- scious of a presence beside me. It was exactly as if the very mist had taken shape and put its arm round my waist. The shock was so sudden that, for an instant, I felt as if struck by a dagger. My tongue clave to the roof of my mouth, and how I didn’t faint on the spot has always been a mystery to me. “The spirit of the fog, or the high- .wayman, kepta firm hold on me, but did not change the direction of my foot- steps. When the first intense fright- gave place to a sort of semi-conscious— ness, I found myself being guided in a fashion which gave me to understand that the ghost, gypsy or garotter, whichever it might be, at least knew the road. I no longer stepped into puddles. or scratched my hands in the hedges, but was assisted along, apparently without an effort. “Why I did not cry out is the inex- plicable thing. It was doubtless that first shock which had paralyzed my tongue, yet I was being taken to: some lonely spot, there, I presumed, to be robbed or murdered, or both, by one whom I could recognize only as a blurred shape, if indeed it was of this world at all. “And all this while terror kept me dumb, while the thing neither relin- quished nor tightened its grasp, so far not a rough one,'but held on the even tenor of its way up the hill which, un- less fright had sent my wits wool-gath- ering altogether, should lead, I knew, to our own avenue. “Of course I was fully aware that some terrible design was in the mind of my ghostly companion, and feared lest every moment should be my last. Still, with life there was hope, though I specially dreaded the bylane which branched off towards the gypsy en- campment, and which we must pass di- rectly. ' ~41.» . “Then a new, strange feeling crept over me. I was dreamily conscious of leaning heavily on the garotter’s arm and finding it a strong one, wondering at the same time if this awful experi- ence was the punishment of my disobe- dience. How fervently I vowed that if 1 got safely out of this scrape, noth- ing on earth would ever again tempt me to risk my life after dark among the lanes of Treeleigh. “Suddenly we stopped. I gasped, still mute as a fish, and shut my eyes tight. Already, in anticipation, I felt the murderous knife at my throat, the robber’s hand rifling my dead body. The arm around me perceptibly tight- ened its grip; my heart stopped beat- ing, when a deep, musical voice whis- pered in my car: ‘There really are footpads about, but you have no reason to be frightene 1. All I want from you is one kiss to last me my lifetime.’ “Before I could recover my senses the highwayman had pressed his lips to my check. The spell was broken, I opened my eyes with a piercing shriek. But he had vanished as silently and adroitly as he had come. All I saw was the indistinct light of a lantern as our lodge-keeper opened the gate and hastened towards me. “In a dazed kind of way I reached the house without further adventure. IVho my assailant had been I never knew. I assumed him to be a gypsy importi- nently retaliating on'me for some of Mr. Treherne’s judgments. The voice was one I had never heard before, but so remarkablewas its low and peculiar quality, that I should recognize it again among thousands. I may add that my husband was so vexed at my missing the carriage, which had returned without me, and also at my making a show of =myself by shrieking outside our own l gate, that I had to give up the school and my artistic dreams forever.” The completion of Mrs. Treherne’s narrative elicited a. round of applause and a fire of chaff. ‘The hostess, keep— ing her eyes fixed on her friend, alone made no remark, when a noise outside betokened the return of the men from hunting. ' The door opened, and, following the . host, there entered a tall, good-looking, l sunburned man of about 35. Mrs. Treherne, still immersed in her reminiscences, was gazing at the fire, when her hostess’ voice aroused her: “Kitty, here is my brother, who is dying to be introduced to you. He has only just returned from South Africa, where he has been ever since he left Treeleigh many years ago.” Mrs. Treherne looked up with the half-interested air of a woman towhom a stranger has just been presented. She held out her hand. “Indeed,” she said, carelessly; “do you also know that little artist colony? We were just mentioning it.” “I thought no one ever remembered Treeleigh but me, Mrs. Treherne. Ten years ago I carried away from there a memory that will last my lifetime.” This remark, innocent enough in it- self, was uttered in a particularly deep musical voice. Something quite un- usual in its timbre arrested the atten- tion of everybody present, who, as if impelled by a common impulse, looked across at Mrs. Treherne, and it must be admitted that that lady gave abun- dant cause for curiosity. At the first sound of the newcomer’s voice she started violently, and stared at the own- er thereof with an expression of mute dismay. She made an effort to speak, but withOut’ success, and falling back in her chair, covered her face with her hands. ' For an instant there was silence, then came a burst of laughter. “The Phan- tom of the Mist! ” they cried—Madame. ) . -—-I respect the man who knows dis- tinctly what he wishes. The greater part of. all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a- tower, and spend no more labor on the founda- tion than would be necessary to erect a. h-ut.-—Goethe. , ALMOST ppm-urn. The evidence in the case of Louis Schweizer, accused of aggravated as- sault upon John Barthel, was completed in the criminal Superior court Satur- day afternoonhbefore J udge Elmer and a jury. Two witnesses were introduced by the defence to show that some time previous to the time of the assault Bur- thel was suffering from an injury to his head of years’ standing, and one said he had seen the‘ecar on Barthel’s head early in 1895. One of these witnesses said that the scar which now shows on Barthel’s head is the identical one that he saw at the time stated. Attorney Levi,Warner then made the opening argument for the stats, and until Saturday, when Attorney Gray made his argument for the accused. He argued that Barthel .was drunk the night the assault is alleged to have been committed, and that any injury which he might have received at that time was from a fall through a window which he wastrying to crawl through. Mr. Gray also laid particular stress upon the testimony of those who said they had seen the scar on Barthel’s head previous to July 31, 1895, and claimed that there was no evidence to warrant a conviction. States Attorney Fesseuden then closed» the arguments for the state with one of his celebrated efforts. He said he would not express his own opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the ac- cused, but would base his argument on the evidence, and if the evidence failed to show the guilt of the accused then he was entilled to an acquittal. He then took up the evidence in detail and ar- gued that. it. was conclusive as to the guilt of the accused. Judge Elmer then charged the jury and defined asssult and battery. It was admitted that the complainant had re- ceived a. fracture of the skull the night of July 31, 1895, but there was a dispute as to how the injury was inflicted. . The state claimed that the injury could not have been inflicted from a fall through a Window and in support of this claim the testimony of a. physician was that, in his opinion, the injury was inflicted with some blunt instrument. The de- fence claimed by its principal witness, the accused, that he did not strike the blow; he was a. legal witness, but he had much at stake, and his testimony should be closely scanned. The de- fence also claimed that the complainant had sustained an injury to his head years ago, but that he did not disprove of the fact that he was injured the night of July 31, 1895; but in contradiction of this there was the testimony of the bar- be'r. If Barthel was drunk, that did not justify an assault. The state had introduced unimpes chablthestimony to show that Barthel’s actions that night were not those of a. drunken man. _ It was 12 minutes after 12 when the jury retired, and remained until 1:29, when they returned. When Judge El- mer asked if they had agreed upon a verdict, the foreman replied: “We have not.” Judge Elmer then said: “It is necessary for the state and necessary for the prisoner that you should reach yet discharge you. You may retire and deliberate further, and I hope you will agree upon a verdict.” At1z32 thejury retired again. _ At 2:30 the jury reported that. they were stillunable to agree. J udge Elmer asked if there was any prospect for an agreement and the foreman replied: “I think not.” Then the judge again re— minded them that it was important that the case should be disposed of, and read to them an opinion of the Supreme court on the duty of jurors. He said they should compare opinions, and those in the minority should be guided to any reasonable extent by the opinions of the majority. “I do not think I ought to discharge you before you have another opportunity, so you may retire again,” said the judge. The jury came in again late in the afternoon and informed the judge that it was impossible for them to agree. 'Judge Elmer then discharged them. They were out thirty hours in all. On the first ballot taken six were for ac- quittal and six for conviction, and on the last they stood 11 for acquittal and one for conviction. Itfiis more than probable that the case against Schweizer will be nolled in view of the standing Of the jury. Next Sunday will be Whit Sunday. when he concluded court adjourned I some sort of a. conclusion, and I will not- Sunday morning. a Mrs. Sherwood living on Knight street, called upon Chief Bradley and stated that she had reason to believe that a man named “Jim” Smith was guilty of the theft of a quantity of round clams, and in sub- stuntiation her suspicions told in substance the following story: Smith came to my house and wanted to sell me half a bushel of round clams at the ridiculously low price of ten cents. I became suspicious that they were stolen and refused to buy them. Smith then dumped the clams on the stoop with the remark, sf‘Cook them, audeill be back by-and-by to help you eat them.” The Chief made mental note of what Mrs. Sherwood reported and immedi- ately commenced an investigation with the result that he found about two bushels of clams in a. boat claimed to be under the control of Smith, who is well known to the police for his thiev- ing propensities. , He confiscated the clams pending a further investigation as to whether they were stolen goods or not. He then got on the track of Smith and visited well known haunts of the man he wanted, only to find he had left each of them but a few moments before. He was later informed that Smith was seen running across the lots and mak- towards Cranbury where he has for some time been employed on a farm. Chief Bradley secured a team and drove to Cranbury but did not succeed in apprehending Smith. . The Chief visited South Norwalk and meeting Addison H. Merrill, learned that a. quantity of clams and oysters had been stolen from his float near the steamboat wharf,either Saturday night or early Sunday morning. A warrant has been sworn out for the arrest of Smith and the Chief expects to soon have him landed. in the station house. ' wenmnie BELLS. Joseph R. Taylor and Miss Georgiana Hutchinson United at the Chapel of Our Holy Saviour. The marriage ceremony of Mr. Jo- seph R. Taylor, of the law firm of Light & Taylor of South Norwalk, and Miss Georgiana Hutchinson, the accom- plished daughter of Mr. Andrew Hutch- inson, of Winnipauk, Was solemnized at the Chapel of Our Holy Saviour, Tues- day afternooon at 2 o’clock, the Rector, Rev. S. B. Pond, uniting the couple with the beautiful and impressive Epis- copal service. ' Upon the entrance of the bridal pair, Prof. Thomas Perkins greeted them with sweet strains from Lohengren’s wedding march. The bride wore a beautiful dress of white India silk with pearl trimmings and point d’applique lace, and the bridal veil of white tulle was fastened with orange blossoms. In her hand she carried a. boquet composed of lillies of the valley. The maid of honor was Miss Ella Briggs Spencer, of Holyoke, Mass, who wore a costly gown of cream silk with pink roses, it. being a pink and white wedding throughout. The bridesmaids were Miss Bertha L. Hutchinson and Miss J. Louise Hutchinson, of Branford, who were dressed in pink and'white dimity with white satin trimmings and carried ex- quisite boquets of White carnations. Mr. Waldo C. Briggs acted as best man and Messrs. H. Edger Ferris, Oscar Banks, E. E. Crowe and K. W. Mansfield as ushers. After the ceremony at the Chapel at family reception was held at the bride’s home in JWinnipauk, which had been elaborately decorated with pink and white flowers by Florist Hanford. There were guests present from Can- . uda, Holyoke, Mass, New Haven, Grosvenor Dale, and Branford, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were the recip- ients of many handsome and valuable presents. . After a delightful wedding luncheon by Lane, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor left for New York, followed by the best wishes of their many friends, in which the EVENING GAZETTE desires to join. Mr. and ’Mrs. Taylor will be at home in their new residence, No. 23 Fairfield avenue, South Norwalk, after Septem- I bet 1. . 0[ For keeping everything bright and clean about the house— Clothes, Dishes, Floors, Pans and Pails— uoerc EQUALs A choice cake of Olive ‘ Oil soap will be found In each pack; age of IVORINE Washing Pow-a vorine The J. B. WILLIAMS 00.. Glastonbury. 001111., Makers of Williams’ Famous Shaving Soaps. WList of Choice Premium lent Free upon Request. ff ff WASHING Pownu - mu HESI_EA_LTHEM? In the case of George W. Stevens, ad- ministrator, vs. Norwalk Tramway 00., Judge F. B. Hall has given a decisroa awarding damages of one dollar arid costs to the plaintiff as published in Monday’s GAZETTE. The suit was to recover-$5,000 damages for the death of Oliver R. Mumford, who was killed by a fall from one of the company’s cars while it was rounding a curve. In his memorandum, filed with the decision, J udge Hall says: “ The plaintifi' intestate was killed on the 17th of October, 1895, by“ being thrown from the platform of one of the defendants’ electric street railway cars, as it was passing a point where the tracks make a curve in Main street, in Rowaytou. The car was running rap- idly at the time. “ The curve in question is not 1; Sharp one, and is not a dangerous one for the passing of electric cars. ” The rate of speed at which the cars were moving at the time of- the accident was not such as to render it unsafe for passengers in the exercise of ordinary prudence. “ The night on which the deceased so fall was a dark night. The deceased was acquainted with the reute over which the car was passing. He was aware of the rapid rate of speed at which the car was moving and was in full possession of his faculties. He stood upon the rear platform of the car and near the edge of the platform with his back toward the car window, smok- ing. There were three other persons, incuding the conductor of the cur, upon the platform with him. The seats with- in the cur were unoccupied. “Upon the window at the end of the car, at which the deceased was standing, was a not-ice warning persons not to stand upon the platform. Under the circumstances it was the duty of the de- ceased to either to so firmly hold to the f rail of the car, or in some other man- ner to so hold or place himself that he would not be thaown from the platform by such motion or swinging of the car, as would be produced by passing around the curve in question .at the rate of speed at which the car was running. This he clearly failed to do. “I find that the accident in question was not caused by the negligence of the defendants, but was due to the fail- ure of the deceased to exercise proper care and prudence under the bircum- stances. .. "The plaintiff is entitled to nominal damages only. Damages are assessed at one dollar.” Attorney John J. Walsh will probably appeal the case. The. Deering Fire. The burning of a. barn belonging to Christopher Deering on Cliff street. was briefly mentioned in these columns Monday afternoon, It seems that the fire originated in a pig-stye attached to the barn. It was first discovered by Mrs. Deering whose attention was at- tracted in that direction by the kicking of the horse in the stable. She has-- tened to the stable and Opening the door the horse made its escape. Mr. Deering was at work in! a. field nearby and seeing the flames hastened to the scene as did also several neigh bore. Seeing that there was no chance of saving the barn they turned their at- tention to the house one corner of which had become ignited. Buckets were used. The Deering well being dry water was procured from a well near by, and by hard work the house was saved, although it was badly scorched. » Mr. Deering reports the less of three pigs roasted to death, two sets of bar- ness a wagon and some feed, and a. quantity of hay, etc. He places his loss at something over $600, fuly covered by insurance. A Pathetic Ballads. Father, dear father, come home with me now, for mu. has some carpets to beat; she’s got all the furniture out in the yard, from the front door clean out to the street. The stove must come down and be put in the shed, and the yard ’must be cleared of some grass, for it’s time to clean house and the devil’s to pay—and the front Windows need some new glass. Father, dear father, come home with me now, and bring some bologna and cheese, it’s most 12 o’clock. and there’s nothing to eat—I’m so hungry I’m weak in my knees. All the dinner we’ll have will be cold scraps and such, and we’ll have to eat standing up'too, for the table and all are out in the yard, oh, I wish that housecleaning was through. Father, dear father, come home with me now, for mo. is as mad as a Turk; she says that you’re only a lazy old thing, and that she shall put you to work. There’s painl- ing to do and paper to hang, and the windows and casing to scrub, for it’s housecleaning time and you’ve got to come home and revel in suds and cold grub.eHutchinson, Kas. Clipper. Captain Addison A. Betts \» bile prowl- ing around a cellar Monday with a light- ed candle suddenly felt a burning sensa- tion on his left arm, and glancing. down discovered that his shirt-sleeve was on fire. He put out. the flames and saved the shirt. but in so doing singed one of his hands, Hon. E. J. 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