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In that black" list were two murders ono of a rival by tho knife and one of a . mistress by poison. And thcro wcro other j things even worse, too shameful indeed to bo written. "Doubtless thcro is moro that has not como beneath my notice," said Fonseca coolly, "but these things I know for truth, and ono of tho murders could bo proved against him were he captured. Stay, give mo ink. I must add to the record. " And ho wroto in his cipher: "In May, 1?17, tho said De Garcia sailed to England on a trading voyage, and there in the par ish of DiteLlngham, in the county of Nor folk, ho murdered Luisa Wingfield, spo ken of above as Luisa de Garcia, his cous in, to whom ho was once betrothed. In September of tho same year or previously, under cover of a false marriage, he decoyed and deserted ono Donna Isabella of tho noble family of Sigucnza, a nun in a re ligious houso in this city." "What," I exclaimed, "is tho girl who came to seek your help two nights since the same that Do Garcia deserted?" "Tho very same, nephew. It was 6ho whom you heard pleading with him last night. Had I known two days ago what I know today, by now this villain had been safe in prison. But perhaps it is not yet too lato. I am ill, but I will rise and soo to it. Leave it to me, nephew. G-o, nurse yourself and leave it to me. If any thing may be done, I can do it. Stay, bid a messenger bo ready. This evening I shall know whatever there is to bo known. " That night Fonseca sent formo again. "I have made inquiries, " he said. "I havo even warned the officers of justice for the first timo for many years, and they aro hunting De Garcia as bloodhounds hunt a slave. But nothing can be heard of him. Ho has vanished and left no traca Tonight I write to Cadiz, for he may have fled there down tho river. One thing I have discovered, however. Tho Se nora Isabella was caught by tho watch, and being recognized as having escaped from a convent she was handed over to the cxccutorics of the holy office, that her case may bo investigated, or, in other words, should her fault bo proved, to death." "Can sho be rescued?" "Impossible Had aho followed my counsel she would never have been taken. " "Can she bo communicated with?" "No. Twenty years ago it might have been managed. Now the office is stricter and purer. Gold has no power there. We 6hall novcr see or hear of her again unless indeed it is at the hour of her death, whon, should she choose tc speak with me, ibo indulgence may possibly be granted to her, though I doubt; it. But it is not likely that she will wish to do so. Should she succeed in hiding her disgrace, she may escape, but it ls not probable. Do not look so sad, nephew; religion must have its sacrifices. Perchance it is better for her to dio thus than to live for many years dead in life. She can die but once. M<vy her blood lie heavy on De Garcia's head!" "Amen!" I answered. CHAPTER VIII. THOMAS BECOMES EICH. For many months wo heard no moro of Do Garcia or of Isabella do Sigucnza. Both had vanished, leaving no sign, and wo searched for them in vain- As for me, I fell back into my former way of lifo of assistant to Fonseca, posing before tho world as his nephew. But it came about that from tho night of my duel with tho murderer my master's health declined Steadily through the action of a wasting disease of the liver which baffled all skill, So that within eight months of that time ho lay almost bedridden and at the point of death. His mind indeed remained quite clear, and on occasions he would even receivo thosowho carno to consult bim, reclining on a chair and wrapped in his embroidered robo. But tho hand of death lay on him, and ho knew that it was so. As tho weeks went by ho grew more and moro attached to mc till at length, had I been his son, he could not have treated me with greater affection, whilo for my part I did what lay in my power to lessen his sufferings, for he would let no other phy sician near him. At length when ho had grown very fee blo ho expressed a desire to see a notary. Tho man ho named was sent for and re mained closeted with him for an hour or more, when ho left for awhile to return with several o? his clerks, who accom panied him to my master's room, from whenco I was excluded. Presently they 04 went away, bearing some Darchinents with them. That evening Fonseca sent tor ma I found him very weak, but cheerful and full of talk. "Como here, nephew," ho said. "I have had a busy day. I havo been busy all my Ufo through, and it would not be well to grow idlo at tho last. Do you know what Ihovo been doing this day?" t ahook my head. "I will tell you. I have been making my will-thoro is something to leave-not 80 very much, but still something." "Do not talk of wills," I said. "Itrust that you may live for many years." Ho laughed. "You must think badly of my case, nephew, when you think that I can bo deceived thus. I am about to die, aa you know well, and I do not fear death. My lifo has been prosperous, but not happy, for it was blighted in its spring -no matter how. Tho story is an old one and not worth telling. Moreover, which ever way lt had read, lt had all been one now in tho hour of death. Nephew, lis ten. Except certain sums that I havo giv en to bo spent in charities-not in masses, mind you-I have left you all I possess." "You havo left it to mel" 1 said, as tonished. "Yes, nephew, to you. Why not? I have no rolations living, and I have learn ed to love you, I who thought that I could never again caro for any man or woman or child. I am grateful to you, who havo ?roved to mo that my heart is not dead, 'ake what I give you as a mark of my gratitude," Now I began to stammer my thanks, but ho stopped ma "Tho sum that you will inherit, nephew, amounts in all to about 5,000 gold pesos, or perhaps 12,000 of your English pounds, enough for a young man to begin lifo on, even with a wifa Indeed there in England it may well bo held a great fortune, and I think that your betrothod's father will mako no more Objection to you as a so.i-in-law; also there ls thia house and all that it contains. Tho library and tho silver aro valuable, and you will do well to keep them. And DOW one word more. If your conscience will let you, abandon tho pursuit of De Garcia. Take your fortuno and go with lt to England, wed that maid whom you <leslre, and follow after happiness in what ever way seems best to you. Who oro you that you should mete out vengeance on this knave Do Garcia? Let him ba and be will avengo himself upon himself. Oth erwl5' you may undergo much toll and danjo'" and in tho end lose lovo and life and fortuno at a blow." "But I havo sworn to kill him," I an swered, "and how can I break so solemn an oath? How could I sit at home in peace beneath tho burden of such shame?" "I do not know. It is not for mo to judga You must do as you wish, but in the doing of it lt may happen that you will fall into greater shames than this. You havo fought the man, and ho has es caped you. Let him go if you arc wise. Now l)oud down and kiss me and bid me farewell. I do not desire that you should seo me die, and my death is near. I can not tell if we shall meet again when in your turn you havo laid as I lio now, or if wo shape our course for different stare. If so, farewell forever." Then I leaned down and kissed him on tho forehead, and aa I did so I wept, for not till this hour did I learn how truly I had como to love him, so truly that it seemed to mo as though my father lay there dying._ . -weep DOC," ?o 'Balcl,' 'Tor'all oiir ure ls but a parting. Once I luid a son liko you, and ours was tho bitterest of fare wells. Now I go to seek for him again who could not come back to mc, so weep not because I die, Goodby, Thomas Wing field! May God prosper and protect youl Now gol' So I went weeping, and that night, bc foro tho dawn, all was over. I burled Andres do Fonseca, but with no pomp, for ho had said that he wished as littlo money as possiblo spent upon his dead body, and returned to tho house to meet thc notaries. Then tho seals wero broken and tho parchments read, and I was put in full possession of tho dead man's wealth, and having deducted such sums as wero payable for dues, legacies and fees the notaries left me, bowing humbly, for was I not rich? Yes, I was rich. Wealth had como to me without ef fort, and I had reason to desire it, yet this was tho saddest night that I had pass ed since I set foot in Spain, for my mind Was filled with doubts and sorrow, and, moreover, my loneliness got a hold of me. But sad as it might bc it was destined to seom yet more sorrowful befor? thc morn ing, for as I sat making a pretense to eat, a servant came to me, saying that a woman waited in the outer room who had asked to see his lato master. Guessing that this was somo client who had not heard of Fonseca's death, I was about to order that sho should bo dismissed, then bethought me that I might be of service to her or at the least forget some of my own trouble in listening to hers. So I bade them bring her in. Presently she came, a tall woman wrapped in a dark cloak that hid her face. I bowed and mo tioned to her to bo seated, when suddenly sho started and spoke. ''I asked to seo Don Andres de Fonso ca," she said in a low, quick voice. ''You aro not he, senor. " ''Andres do Fonseca was buried today, " I answered. "I was his assistant in his business and am his heir. If I can serve you ls any way, I ajn at your disposal." "You are young-very young, ' ' she mur mured confusedly, '"and thc matter is so terrible and urgent How can I trust you?" ''It is for you to judge, seo ora." Sho thought awhile, then drew off her cloak, displaying the robes of a nun. "Listen, " she said- "I must do many a penance for this night's work, and very She thought awhile, then threw off her cloak. hardly have I won lcavo to come hither upon an errand of mercy. Now, I cannot go back empty handed, so I must trust you. But first swear by the blessed Mother of God that you will not betray ma " "I give you my word," I answered. "If that ls not enough, let us end this talk.''' "Do not be angry with mc, " she plead ed. "I have not left my convent walls for many years, and I am distraught with grief. I 6cek a poison of the deadliest. I will pay well for it. ' ' *'I am not the tool of murderers, " I an swered. "For what purposo do you wish the poison?" "Oh, I must tell you-yet how can I? In our convent there dies tonight a woman young and fair-almost a girl indeed who has broken tho vows she took. She dies tonight with her babe-thus, O God, thus!-by being built alive into the foun dations of thc house she has disgraced. It is the judgment that has been passed upon her-judgment without forgiveness or re prieve. I om thc abbess of this convent ask not its namo or minc;-and I love this sinner as though she were my daughter. I have obtained this much of mercy for her because of my faithful services to the church and by 6ccrct influence-that when I givo her the cup of water before the work ls done I may mix poison with it aud touch tho lips of tho babe with poison, so that their end is 6wift. I may do this and yet havo no sin upon my soul. I have my par don under seal. Help me, then, to bo an innocent murderess and to savo this sin ner ?rom her last agonies on earth." I cannot set down tho feelings with which I listened to this tale of horror, for words could not carry them. I stood aghast, seeking an answer, and a dreadful thought entered my mind. "Is thi9 woman named Isabella do Sig uenza?" I asked. "That namo was hers in tho world," sho answered, "though how you know it I cannot guess." "We know many things in this house, mother. Say, now, can this Isabella bo saved by money or by interest?" "It is impossible. Her sentence has boen confirmed by thc tribunal of mercy. Sho must die and within two hours. Will you cot givo mo tho poison?" "I cannot give it unless I know its pur pose, mother. This may bo a barren tale, and tho medicine might bc used in such a fashion that I should fall beneath thc law. At ono price only can I give it, and that ls that I am there to see lt used." She thought awhile and answered: "It may be done, for as it chances tho word ing of my absolution will cover it. But you must come cowled as a prie st, that those who carry out the sentence may Wnow nothing. Still others will know, and I warn you that should you speak of thc matter you yourself will meet with misfortune. The church avenges itself on those who betray Its secrets, senor." "As ono day its secrets will avengo themselves upon tho church," I answered bitterly. "And now let mc seek a fitting drug-one that is swift, yet not too swift, lest your hounds should see themselves baffled of their prey before all their devil try is donn. Hero is something that will do tho work," and I held upa vial that I drew from a case of such medicines. "Come, veil yourself, mother, and let us be gone upon this 'errand of mercy. ' " Slie obeyed, and presently we left thc house and walked swiftly through the crowded streets till wo came to tho ancient part of thc city along the river's edge. Herc the woman led me to a wharf where a boat was in waiting for her. Wc enter ed it and were rowed for a mile or more up thc stream till the boat halted at a landing place beneath a high wall. Leav ing it, wc came to ti door in tho wall on which my companion knocked thrice. Presently a shutter in thc woodwork was drawn, and a white face peeped through thc grating and spoke. My companion answered in a low voice, and after somo delay tho door was opened, and I found myself in a largo walled garden planted with orange trees. Then the abbess KjMike to me. "I have led you to our house," she said. "If you know where you ar?! and what its name maybe, for our own sake, I pray you, forget it when you leave these doors." I made no answer, but looked round In the dim and dewy garden. Here lt was doubtless that De Garcia had met this unfortunate who must die this night. A walk of a hundred paces brought us to another door In tin-wall of a long, low building of Moorish style. Here tho knocking and tho questioning were repeated at more length. Then the dcor.was.cr.''"'-^ and.I found ourself In ? passage, ii?-l'iS?iiru, long ?mu n?uxow, JU the depths of which I could soo thc figures ot* nuns Hitting to and fro Uko bats in ? tomb. The abbess walked down thc pas sage till she carno to a door on the ri ?bt, winch she opened. It led into a cell, and herc she left nie in the dark. For 10 min utes or more I staid there, n prey to thoughts that I had rather forget. At length tho door opened again, and sho came in, followed by a tall priest whoso face I could not see, for he was dressed in the white robe and hood of thc Dominicans, that left nothing visible except Iiis eyes. "Greeting, my son," ho said when ho had scanned mc for awhile. ''Tho mother abbess has told mo of your errand. You aro full young for such a task." "Were I old I should not love it better, fatr .T. You know tho case. I am asked to pr?vido a- deadly drug for a certain merciful purpose. I havo provided that drug, but I must be thero to 6co that it is put to proper usc." "You aro very cautious, my son. Tho chxirch is no murderess. This woman must die becatise her sin is flagrant, and of late such wickedness has become com mon. Therefore after much thought and prayer and many searchings to find a means of mercy she is condemned to death by thoso whoso names aro too high to bo spoken. I, alas, am hero to seo thc sen tence carried out with a certain mitigation which has been allowed by tho mercy of her chief judge. It seems that your pres enco is needful to this act of love; therc foro I tuffcr it. The mother abbess has warned you that evil dogs tho feet of thoso who reveal tho secrets of thc church. For your own sako I pray you to lay that warning to heart." "I am no babbler, father, so thc caution is not needed. One word moro. This visit should bo well feed; tho medicino is cost ly." "Fear not, physician," tho monk an swered, with a note of scorn in his voice. "Name your sum; it shall bc paid to you." 4'I ask no inoney, father. Indeed I would pay much to bc far away tonight. I ask only that I may be allowed to speak with thi3 girl beforo she dies." '"What!" ho said, starting. "Surelyyou arc not that wicked man? If so, you aro bold indeed to risk thc sharing of her fate. ' ' "No, father, I am not that man. I nev er saw Isabella de Slguenza except once, and I have never spoken to her. I ajn not the man who tricked her, but I know him. Ile is named Juan dc Garcia. ''Ah," ho said quickly, "she would never tell his real name, even under threat of torture. Poor erring soul, she could be faithful in her unfaith. Of what would you speak to her?" "I wish to ask her whither this man has gone. He is my enemy, and I would fol low him ns I have already followed him far. He has done worse b}' mc and minc than by this poor girl even. Grant Jiiy re quest, father, that I may bc able to work my vengeance on him, and with mino tho church's also." ""'Vengeance ls mine, ' saith thc Lord. "I will repay.' Yet it maybe, son, that thc Lord will choose you as the instru ment of his wrath. An opportunity shall bc given you to speak with her.? Now put on this dress"-and he handed mc n white Dominican hood and robe-'"and follow mc." "First," I said, "let me give (his medi cine to the abbess, for I will have no hand in its administering. Take it. motlier, and when thc time comes pour the contents of the vial into a cup of water. Then, hav ing touched tho mouth and tongue of the babe with thc fluid, give it to thc mother to drink, and be sure that she docs drink it. Before tho bricks are built up about them both will sleep sound, never to wake again." "I will do it, " murmured thc abbess. "Having absolution, I will be bold and do it for love and mercy's sake!" "Your heart is soo soft, sister. Justice is mercy,"said thc monk, with a sigh. "Alas, for the frailty of tho flesh that wars against thc spirit!" Then I clothed myself in the ghastly looking dross, and they took lamps and motioned to mc to follow them. CHAPTER IX. THE PASSING OF ISABELLA DE SIGUEXZA. Silently we went down the long passage, and as wo went I saw the eyes of thc dwell ers in this living tomb watch us pass through tho gratings of their cell doors. Little wonder that tho woman about to dio had striven to escape from such a homo back to tho world of life and love! Yet for that crime 6ho must perish. Surely God ?will remember tho doings of such men as these priests and thc nation that fosters them. And indeed he does remember, for where is thc splendor of Spain today, and where are the cruel rites she gloried in? Herc in England their fetters aro broken forever, and in striving to bind them fast upon us freo Englishmen she is broken also, never to be whole again. At tho far end of a passage wc found a stair, down which we passed. At its foot was an iron bound door that tho monk un locked and locked again upon thc farther side. Then carno another passage hol lowed in the thickness of tho wall, and a second door, and wc wero in tho place of death. It was a vault low and damp, and tho waters of the river washed its outer wall, for I could hear their murmurings in tho silence Perhaps thc place may havo measured 10 paces in length by 8 broad. For the rest its roof was supported by mass ive columns, and on ono side there was a second door that led to a prison cell. At tho farther end of this gloomy den that was dimly lighted by torches and lamps two men with hooded hoads and draped in coarse black gowns were at work silently mixing lime that sent up a hot steam upon thc stagnant air. By their sides were squares of dressed stone ranged neat ly against thc end of tho vault, and before them was a nicho cut in thc thickness of thc wall itself, shaped like a largo coflin set upon its smaller end. In front of this niche was placed a massive chair of chest nut wood. I noticed also that two other such coffin shaped niches had been cut in this samo w:dl and filled In with similar blocks of whitish stone. On tho face of each was a dato graved in deep letters. Ono luid been scaled up some 30 years be fore and one hard upon a hundred. Those men were thc only occupants of tho vault when we entered it, but present ly a sound of soft and solemn singing stolo down the second passage. Then the door was opened, the mason Jnonks ceased laboring at tho heap of lime, and thc sound of singing grew louder, so that I could catch thc refrain. It was that of a Latin hymn for thc dying. Next through tho open door came the choir, eight veiled nuns walking two by two, and ranging themselves on either side of the vault they ceased their singing. After them follow ed the doomed woman, guarded by two more nuns, and last of all a priest bearing a crucifix. This man wore a black robe, and his thin, half frenzied face was un covered. All these and other things I no ticed and rcincniljcred, yet at the time it seemed to me that I saw nothing except thc figure of the victim. 1 knew her again, although I had seen her but once in tho moonlight. She was changed indeed; her lovely face was fuller, and tho great;, tor mented eyes shone Uko stars against its waxen pallor, relieved by tho carmino of her lips alone. Still lt was the same face that some months before I bad seen lifted in entreaty to her false lover. Now her tall shape was wrapped about with grave clothes, over which her black hair stream ed, und in her anns she bore u sleeping babe that from time to time she pressed convulsively to her breast. On the threshold of her tomb Isabella do Siguenzapaused and looked round wild ly as though for help, scanning each of the silent watchers to find a friend among them. Then her eye fell upon the niche, and tho bea]) of smoking lime, and the men who guarded it, and she shuddered and would have fallen had not those who attended her led her to the chair and plac ed her in it-n living corpse. Now thc dreadful rites began. The Do minican father stood before her and recit ed her offense and tho sentence which had been passed lipon her, which doomed her "to bo left alone with God and tho child of your sin, that he may deal with you ns lie sees fit." [Lestsuch cruelty should seem impossible and unprecedent ed, the writer may mention that in tho mu seum of thc city of Mexico he hos seen tho desiccated body of a young woman which was found immured in thc walls of a reli gious building. With it is the body of an infant. Although the exact cause of her execution remains a matter of conjecture, UU? ,. 1... .... ;V.uVt ~ /. "ul her death, lui- ni "aikli?o? to otncr evi dences the marks of tho rope with which lier limbs WCXO bound in lifo aro distinct ly visible. Such in those days wero thc mercies of religion!] To all of this she seemed to pay no hood nor to tho exhortation that followed. At length ho ceased, with a sigh, and turning to mc said: "Draw nearer to this sinner, brother, and speak with her before it is coo late." Then he bado all present gather them selves at the far end of thc vault that our talk might not bo overheard, and they did so without wonder, thinking doubtless that I was a monk sent to confess thc doomed woman. So I drew near, with a beating heart, and bending over her 1 spoko in her car. ''Listen to me, Isabella do Sigucnza!" I said, and as I uttered thc name sbo start ed wildly. "Where is that Do Garcia who deceived and deserted you?" "Howhave you learned his true name?" she answered. ''Not even torturo would have wrung it from mc, as you know. ' ' '.I am no monk, and I know nothing. 3 am that man who fought with De Garcia on tho night when you wcro taken, and who would have killed him had. you not seized mo." "At tho least I saved, him-that is my comfort now!" "Isabella do Sigucnza," I said, "lam your friend, thc best you ever had and tho last, as you shall learn presently. Tell mo whero this man is, for thcro is that be tween us which must bc settled." ''If you arc my friend, weary mo no moro. I do not know whero ho is. Months ago ho went; whither you will scarcely fol low, to tho farther Indies, but you will never And him there." "It may be that I shall, and if it should so chance, say, have you any mcssago for this man?" "None;-yes, this: Tell him how wo died, his child and Iiis wife. Tell him that I did my best to hide his name from tho priests lest some like fa to should, befall him." ''Is that all?" ) "Yes-no, it is not nil. Tell him that I passed away loving and forgiving." ''My time is short," I said. "Awako nnd listen." For having spoken thus she seemed to bc sinking into a lethargy. "I was thc assistant of that Andres do Fonse ca whose counsel you put aside to your ruin, and I have given a certain drug to thc abbess yonder. When she offers you the cup of water, sec that you drink and drink deep, you and thc child. If so, nono shall ever die more happily. Do you un derstand?" '.Yes, yes," she gasped, "and may bless ings rest upon you for thc gift. Now I am no moro afraid, for I have long desired to die-it was tho way I feared." "<4'hen farewell, and God be with you, unhappy woman. " "Farewell, " she answered softly, "but call me not unhappy who am about to dio thus cosily with that I love." And sho glanced at the sleeping baba Then I drew back and stood with bent head, speaking no word. Now thc Domin ican motioned to all to toke tho places whero they stood before and asked her, "Erring sister, havo you aught to say be fore you are silent forever?" "Yes,"slie answered In a clear, sweet voice that never even quavered, so bold had she become since she learned that her death would he swift and easy. "Yes, I "Erring sister, have you aiiqht to say be fore you a. " i -fient forever?" have this to say-that I go to my end with a clean heart, for if I have, sinned it is against custom and not against God. I broko thc vows indeed, but ? was forced to take those vows, and therefore they did not bind. I wad a woman born for light and love, and yet I was thrust into tho darkness of this cloister, thcro to wither dead in life. And so I broke thc vows, and I am glad that I have broken them, though it has brought mc to this. If I was de ceived and my marriage is no marriage be fore thc law, as they tell mc now, I knew nothing of it; therefore to mo it is still valid and holy, and on my soul there rests no sin. At the hast I have lived, and for sonic few hours I have been wife and mother, and it is as well to die swiftly in this cell that your mercy has prepared as moro slowly in.thosc above. And now for you-I tell you that your wickedness shall find you out, you who dare to say to God's children, 'Ye shall not love,' and to work murder on them because they will not listen. It shall find you out, I say, and not only you, but the church you serve. Both priest and church sholl bo broken to gether and shall be a scorn in thc mouths of men to come." ''She is distraught," said thc Domini can as a sigh of fear and wonder went round tho vault, "and blasphemes inlier madness. Forget her words. Shrive her, brother, swiftly, ere sho adds to them." Then tho black robed, keen eyed priest came to her, and holding the cross before her face began to mutter I know not what. Dut she arose from thc chan: and thrust tho crucifix aside. ''Peace!" she said. "I will not bc shriv en by such OS you. I take my sins to God and not to yon-you who do murder in tho name of Christ!" The fanatic heard, and a fury took him. "Then go unshrivon down to hell, you -, " and ho named herby ill names and struck her in tho faco with the ivory cru- j eifbe. Tho Dominican bado him cease Iiis ro vilings angrily enough, but Isabella dc Sigucnza wiped lier bruised brow aiftl laughed aloud a dreadful laugh to hear. "Now I see that you are a coward also," she said. ''Priest, this is my last prayer, that you may also perish at tho hands of fanatics and moro terribly than I die to night." Then they hurried her into tho placo prepared for her, and she spoke again: "Give me to drink, for wo thirst, my babe and I!" Now I saw the abbess enter that passage whence the victim had been led. Presently 6hc came back bearing a cup of water in her hand and with Jt a loaf of bread, and I knew by her mien that my draft was in thc water. Hut of what befell afterward I cannot say certainly, for I prayed thc Dominican to open the door by which we had entered tho vault, and passing through lt I stood dazed with horror at some dis tance. Awhile went by, I do not know how long, till at length I saw thc abbess standing before me, a lantern In her hand, and she was sobbing bitterly. "All ls done," she said. "Nay, havo no fear, the draft worked well. Before ever a stone was laid mother and child slept sound. Alas for her soul who died unre pentant, und nnshriven I" " RF. CONTI"VED.] SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, COLUMBIA, S. C. Session Begins Sept 25th, 1804. Nine regular courses, willi Diplomas. Special courses, willi Certificates. Re quirements for admisiion mod i lied. Hoard $8 a month. Total necessary ex penses for the year (exclusive of trav elling, ?riot liing, and books) from $112 to $ir?-j. Send for Announcement. For further in format ion address the President, _JAMES WOODROW. Subscribe to tho Edgefield Ai? VERTI BER. 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Dear Sir: - I have before me a statement of thc various options of fered in settlement of my maturing Tontine policy in tile Equitable Life Assurance Society. I have con cluded to ' accept the surplus and continue the policy. The results are highly satisfactory and I heartily commend the Equitable Society and thc Tontine system insurance as practiced by it, to persons desiring safe and profitable life insurance. Yours respectfully, T. S. BRICE. The above letter is bu.: one selected from many received from happy policyholders in the Equitable Life It's a word to the wise-a con vincing proof to the doubtful. For full particulars address W. J. RODDEY, Manager, Department of the Carolinas, ROCK HILL, S. C. Elect Delegates. THE Democratic clubs of Edgetield county are hereby notified that I hey are expected to send delegates to the County Convention which meets on 1st Monday of August prox. 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