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?: :? ? IS8PKD gEMI-WgggLT. l7m qeist's sobs. Publishers. J % <j[amig jggmggagtr: ^or the fjnmtoticn off thi; goiticnl. Social, ^riqnltuiffl and ^ommncial gnlwsts oj Hi; gMglii. . {<"?"*" ESTABLISHED 1855. YOBKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1904. - - % NO. 5. ?: 1 1 . . gg-ateag jMNHHMHHHMHHHH i WHEN KNI | WAS IN I Or, The Lore Story of Charles Erandon i V Happening In the Reign of His Augu T liwrittoo and Rendered Into Nc CeLskoden'a # By EDWIN CASKODEfl ^ C?pyr?7W. 1S96 and 1901, by Ow CHAPTER XI?Continued. _ 1 A look of horror caine Into her face. . and I cotitiuued slowly: "I procured ( Brandon's release nearly a week ago. I did what yon should have done, and he Is now at our rooms iu Greenwich." Alary looked at me a moment and. turning pule, pressed her hands to her heurt and leaned against the door frame. After a short silence she said: "Edwin Caskoden?fool! Why could you not have told me that at first? I thought my brain would burn and my heart burst" "I should have told you had you given me time. As to the pain It gave you"?this was the last charge to my large magazine of indignation?"I care very little about that You deserve it I do not know what explanation you have to offer, but nothing can excuse you. An explanation, however good, would have been little comfort to you had Brandon failed you In Billingsgate that night" She had fallen Into a chair by this time and sat In reverie, staring at nothing. Then the tears came again, but more softly. "You are right; nothing can excuse me. I am the most selfish, ungrateful, guilty creature ever born. A whole month in that dungeon!" And she covered her drooping face with her hands. "Go away for awhile, Edwin, and then return. We shall want to see you again," said Jane. , Upon my return Mary was more | composed. Jane had dressed her hair, , ? ?and she was sitting on the bed in her , riding habit, hat in hand. Her fingers | were nervously toying at the ribbons ] and her eyes cast down. "You are surely right Sir Edwin. I , have no excuse. I can have none, but I will tell you how it was. You re- , member the day you left me in the waiting room of the king's council, ( when they were discussing my mar- , riage without one thought of me, as , if I were but a slave or a dumb brute | that could not feel?" She began to weep a little, but soOn recovered her , self. "While waiting for you to re- , turn the Duke of Buckingham came In. I knew Henry was trying to sell me to | the French king, and my heart was full of trouble?from more causes than you can know. Ail the council, espe- ( clally that butcher's son, were urging ( him on, and Henry himself was anxious that the marriage should be , brought about He thought it would . strengthen him for the imperial crown. ( He wants everything and is ambitious , to be emperor. Emperor! He would cut a pretty figure! I hoped, though, ( I should be able to induce him not to sacrifice me to his selfish interests, as I have done before, but I knew only too well It would tax my powers to the utmost this time. I knew that If I did , anything to anger or to antagonize him It would be all at an end with me. Tou know he Is so exacting with other people's conduct for one who Is so careless y of his own?so virtuous by proxy. Tou , remember how cruelly he disgraced \ and crushed poor Lady Chesterfield. ( t^no was In such trouble about her bus- { and wno went to Grouche s only l learn If he were true to her. Henry , seems to be particularly sensitive in g that direction. Oue would think It ( was In the commandments, 'Thou ahalt , not go to Grouche's.' t "Well, I knew I could do nothing with Henry if he once learned of that j visit, especially as It resulted so fa- ( tally. Oh, why did I go? Why did 1 go? That was why 1 hesitated to tell j Henry at once. I was hoping some oth- , er way would open whereby I might ; aave Charles?Master Brandon. While j I was waiting along came the Duke of ( Buckingham, and as I knew he was j popular in London and had almost as much Influence there as the king a ^ thought came to me that he might help , us. ( "1 knew that he and Master Brandon had passed a few angry words at one < time In my ballroom?you remember? ] but I also knew that the duke was lain love with me. you know, or pretend- | ed to be?he always said he was?and I , felt sure I could by a little flattery In- , duce him to do anything. He was al- , ways protesting that he would give ( i i "You are too late." half his blood to s^ye me. As if any. ; body wanted a drop of his wretched , blood. Toor Master Brandon! His blood"? and tears came, choking her wordfr-for the moment "So I told the dnke I had promised you and Jgne to procure Master Brandon's liberty, and | y/ asked him to do it for me. He gladly consented and gave me his knightly i I word that it should be attended .to 1 I without an hour's delay. He said It m%htAmve to bejtfwip gecretty^u- UlG "] H way of an escape?not officially?as the < toudoners were very jealous of their , i v rie'ita and much aroused on account of ( the killing. Especially, he said, that at that time great caution must be used, as the king was anxious to conciliate the city 1? order to procure a loan for >?$4Hmmhhhmmh|| GHTHOOD | FLOWER I ind Mary Tudor, the King's Sister, and st Majesty King Henry the Eighth 4? idem English Fraoi Sir Ed s hi ^ J [CHARLES MAJOR] jg i Bown-Merra Compmty 0 nma nnrnnu?m v rlnwor 1 BUDDOae. BVUIC |/U?J/vwv ? . ? rs 'The duke said it should be as I wished; that Master Brandon should escape and remain away from London for a few weeks until the king procured his loan and then be freed by royal proclamation. "I saw Buckingham the nex.t day, for I was verj anxious, you may be sure, ind he said the keeper of Newgate had told him it had been arranged the Mglit before as desired. I had come to Windsor because it was more quiet, rod my heart was full. It is quite a lista nee from London, and I thought it might afford a better opportunity to -to see?I thought perhaps Master Brandon might come?might want to? to?see Jane and me. In fact I wrote Mm before I left Greenwich that I ihould be here. Then I beard he had gone to New Spain. Now you see how ill my troubles have come upon me at jnce, and this the greatest, of them, Secause it is my fault I can ask no forgiveness from any one, for I cannot forgive myself." She then inquired about Brandon's health and spirits, and I left out no ilstresslng detail, you may be sure. During my recital she sat with downcast eyes and tear stained face playing with the ribbons of her hat When I was ready to go, she said, 'Please say to Master Brandon I should like?to?see?him if he cares to come. If only that I may tell him how it happened." "I gready fear, in fact I know be will not come." said I. "The cruelest blow of all. worse even than the dungeon or the sentence of death, wai your failure to save him. He trusted you so Implicitly. At the time of his arrest he refused to allow me to tell the king, saying be knew you would see to It?that you were pure gold." "Ah. did he say that?" she asked, as a sad little smile lighted her face. "His faith was so entirely without loubt that his recoil from you Is correspondingly great. He goes to New Spain as soon as bis heaitb is recovered sufficiently for him to travel." This sent the last fleck of color from her face, and with the words almost enoking her throat. "Then tell him ?ml'' ttam onil nnrhonfl nuai A uavc oaiu vv jvu awu p?.4t.uri> he will not feel so"? "I cannot do that either, Lady Mary. When I mentioned your.nime the other lay, he said he would curse me If I ever spoke It again In his hearing." "Is It so bad as that?" Then, meditatively: "And at his trial he did not tell the reason for the killing? Would not compromise me, who had served him so ill. even to save his own life? Noble." nobler* And her lips went together as she rose to her feet No tears now: nothing but glowing, determined womanhood. "Then I will go to him wherever he may be. He shall forgive me. no matter what my fault" Soon after this we were on our way to London at a brisk gallop. We were all very silent but at one :Ime Mary spoke up from the midst of i reverie: "During the moment when 1 thought Master Brandon had been exe nted?when you said it was too luret seemed that I was born again and all uade over; that I was changed In the ery texture of my uature by thp hock, as they say the grain of the Iron laonou is sometimes changed by too ioleut au explosion." Aud this proved n he true in some l'osnects. We rode on rapidly and did not stop n London except to give the horses Irink. After crossing the bridge Mary said, aalf to Jane and half to herself, "I will lever marry the French king?never." Mary was but a girl pitted ugalust a jody of brutal men, two of them rulers )f the two greatest nations on earthrather heavy odds for one woman. We rode down to Greenwich and en:ercd the palace without exciting comment, as the princess was in the habit )f coming and going at will. The klug and queen and most of the rourtiers were in London at Bridewell House und Bayuard's castle, where Henry was vigorously pushing the loan of 500,000 crowns for Mary's dowir, the only business of 6t?te In which it that time he took any active interest Subsequently, as you know, he became interested In the divorce laws md the various methods whereby a man, especially a king, might rid himself of a distasteful wife, and after he saw the truth in Anne Boleyn's eyes he Adopted a combined policy of church and state .craft that has brought us a leal of senseless trouble ever since and Is like to keep it up. As to Mary's dower, Henry was to pay Louis only 400,000 crowns, but he made the marriage an excuse for an extra 100,000 to be devoted to his own private use. When we arrived at the palace the girls went to tlielr apartments and I to mine, where I found Brandon reading. There was only one window to our common room?a dormer window set Into the roof and reached by a little passage as broad as the window Itself and perhaps a yard and a half long. In the alcove thus formed was a bench along the wall, cushioned by Brandon's great campaign cloak. In this window we often sat and read, and here was Brandon with his book. I had Intended to tell him the girls were coming. for when Mary asked me If I thought he would come to her at the palace, and when I had again said no. ihe reiterated her Intention of going to him at once; but my courage failed me and I did not speak of It I knew that Mary ought not to come to our room, and that If news of it should reach the king's ears there would be more and worse trouble than ever, and as usual Brandon would pay the penalty for all. Then again. If it were discovered It might seriously comp^ffafse both Mftfy 'and Jane, aj the sVorld Is full of people who would rather say aud believe an evil thing of another than to say their prayers or to believe the holy creed. I had said as much to the Lady Mary when she expressed her determination to go to Brandon. She had been In the wronp so much of late that she was humbled, and I was brave*enough to say whatever I felt but she said she had thought it all over, and as every one was away from Greenwich It would not be found out If done secretly. She told Jace she need, not go; that she, Mary, did not want to take any risk of compromising her. Jane would have gone, though, had she known that all her fair name would go with her. She was right, you see, when she told me while riding over to Windsor that should Mary's love blossom into a full blown passion she would wreck everything and everybody. Including herself perhaps, to attain the object of so great a desire. T+ Innl'pd now na if nhe were on the highroad to that end. Nothing short of chains and fetters could have kept her from going to Brandon that evening. There was an inherent force about her that was irresistible and swept everything before it. In our garret she was to meet another will, stronger and infinitely better controlled than her own, and I did not know how It would all turn out. CHAPTER XII. ATONEMENT. EH AD net been long in the room when a knock at the door announced the girls. I admitted VSamJ them, and Mary walked to the middle of the floor. It was Just growing dark, and the room was quite dim, save at the window where Brandon sat reading. Gods, those were ex- . citing moments! My heart beat like a woman's. Brandon saw the girls when they entered, but never so much as looked up from his book. You must remember he had a great grievance. Jane and I had remained near the door, and poor Mary was a pitiable princess. stauaing mere bo run or aouor in rue middle of the room. After a moment she stepped toward the window and, with quick coming breath, stopped at the threshold of the little passage. "Master Brandon, I have come, not to make excuses, for nothing can excuse me. but to tell you how It all happened ?by trusting to another." Brandon arose and, marking the place in his book with his finger, followed Mary, who had stepped backward into the room. "Your highness Is very gracious and kind thus to honor me, but as our ways will hereafter lie as far apart as the world Is broad, I think It would have been far better bad you refrained from so Imprudent a visit, especially as anything one so exalted as yourself may have to say can be no affair of such as I?one just free of the hangman's noose." "Oh. don't I pray you! Let me tell you. and It may make a difference. It must pain you, I know, to think of me as you do. after?after?you know; after what has passed between us." "Yes. that only makes It all the harder. If you could give your kisses"?and sbe blushed red as blood?"to one for whom you care bo little that you could ?him rn Iftrss u finer wftpn m word from you would have Baved mm. what reason have I to suppose they am uot for every man?" This gave Mary an opening of wbicn she was quick enough to take advantage. for Brundon was In the wrong. "You know that Is not true. You are rot honest with me nor with yourself, and that is uot like you. You know that no other man ever had. or could have, any favor from me, even the slightest. Wantonness is not among my thousand faults. It Is not that which augers you. You are sure enough of me in that respect. In truth. I had almost come to believe you were too sure, that I had grown cheap In your eyes, and you did not care so much as I thought and hoped for what 1 had to give, for after that day you catue not neac-me at all. I know it was the part of wisdom and prudence that you should remain away, hut had you cared as much as I your prudence would not have held you." She hung her head a moment in silence. then, looking at him. almost ready for tears, continued: "A man has no right to speak in that way of a woman whose little favors be has taken, and make her regret that she has given a gift only that It may recoil upon her. 'Little.' did 1 say? Sir, do you kuow what that?first?kiss was to me? Had I possessed all the crowns of all the earth I would huve given them to you as willingly. Now you know the value I nlaced on it. however worthless It was to you. Yet I was a cheerful giver of that gift, was I not? And can you find it in your heart to make of It a shame to me?that of which I was so proud?" She stood there, with head inclined little to one side, looking at him inquiringly as If awaiting an answer. He did not speak, but looked steadily at his book. I felt however, that he wal changing, and I was sure her beauty, never more exquisite than In Its present humility, would yet atone for even so great a fault as hers. Err, look beautiful and receive remission! Such a woman as Mary carries her indulgence in her face. I now began to realize for the first time the wondrous power of this girl, and ceused to marvel that she had always been able to turn even the king, the most violent stubborn man on earth, to her own wishes. Her manner made her words eloquent and already, with true feminine tactics, she had put Brandon in the wrong in everything because he was wrong in part Then she quickly went over what she had said to me. She told of ber great dread lest the king should learn of the visit to Groucbe's and its fatal consequences, knowing full well it would render Henry impervious to her influence and precipitate the French marriage. She told him of bow she wal going to the king the day after the arrest to ask his release, and of the meeting with Buckingham, and his promise. Still Brandon said nothing and stood ' * " * * 1 '* ? ? 4a ? I4h_ as lr pouteiy waiting ior ucr w mw draw. She remained silent a little time, waiting for him to speak, when tears, partly of vexation. I think, moistened her eyes. "Tell me at least." she said, "that you know I speak the truth. I have always believed In you. and now I ask for your faith. I would not lie to you In the faintest shading of a thought? not for heaven Itself?not even for your -^ove and forgiveness, much as they an to me. anil I wnuk to know that you are sure of my truthfulness. If you doubt all else. You see 1 speak plainly of what your love Is to me. for although by remaining away you made me fear I had been too lavish with my favors?that Is every woman's fear?I knew in my neart you loved me; that you cduld not have done and said what you did otherwise. Now you see what faith I have in you. and you a man, whom a woman's instinct prompts to doubt. How does it compare with your faith in me. a woman, whom all the Instlncts of a manly nature should dispose to trust? It seems to be an unwritten law that a man may lie to a woman concerning the most Important thing in life to her and be proud of It, but you see even now I have all faith In your love for me, else I surely should not be here. Tou see I trust even your unspoken word, when it might, without much blame to you, be a spoken lie; yet you do not trust me, who have no world-given right to speak falsely about such things, and when that which 1 now do is full of shame for me, and what I have done fall of 1 guilt, if inspired by augbt bat tbe purest truth from my heart of hearts, i Tour words mean so much?so much i more. I think, than you realize?and i are so cruel in turning to evil the high- 1 est purest impulse a woman can feel? < the glowing pride in self surrender and I the sweet delightful privilege of giving t where she loves. How can you? How < can you?" How eloquent she wasl It seemed to me this would have melted tbe frozen J sea. but I think Brandon felt that now 1 bis only hope lay in tbe safeguard of t bis constantly upheld Indignation. When be spoke be ignored all she had said. t "Ton did well to employ my Lord of * Buckingham. It will make matters c more interesting when I tell you It was he who attacked you and was caught b by tbe leg under his wounded horse; ho I was lame. I am told, for some time afterward. I had watched him following p you from the gate at Bridewell and at s ttnee recognized bim when his mask f fell off during the flgbt by the waH f Tou have done well at every -step, I a "Oh. God; to think of it! Had I but L Vnr>T,,n? Rllnk Infrlin m nhail nnv for this with tils head: but bow'could I know? I was but a poor, distracted girl, sure j to make some fatal error. I was In such agony?your wounds-believe me, I suffered more from them than you eould. Every paiu you felt was a pang for me?and then that awful marriage! I was being sold like a wretched slave "Now von know"? to that old satyr, to be gloated om and feasted upon. No man can know the horror of that thought to a woman _ ?to any woman, good or bad. To barn " one's beauty turn to curse her and make her desirable only?only as wel! fed cattle are prized. No matter how great the manifestation of such so called love, It all the more repels a woman and adds to her loathing day 0 by day. Then there was something 11 worse than all"?she was almost weep* e ing now?"I might have been able to v bear the thought even of that hideous t! marriage? others have lived through e the like?but?but after?that?that J day?wheu you?it seemed that your touch was a spurk dropped Into a heart p ? - - - ...... ti toll or tinder, wuicn uaa Deen lying there awaiting It all these years. In that one moment the flame grew so In- 3 tense I could not withstand It My r throat ached; I could scarcely breathe, P and It seemed that my heart would a burst" Here the tears gushed forth as 11 she took a step toward him with outstretched arms and said between sobs: 1 "I wanted you, you, for my husband? r for my husband, and I could not bear w the torturing thought of losing you or e enduring any other man. I could not a give you up after that?It was all too t] late, too late; It had gone too far. I v was lost lost!" v He sprang to where she stood lean- J' Ing toward him and caught her to bis 11 breast She held him from her while she e said; "Now you know?now you know a that I would not have left you In that n terrible pl> ce had I known it No, not 11 if it had taken my life to buy your freedom." "I do know; I do know. Be sure of n that I know it and shall know it al- c ways, whatever happens; nothing can b change me. I will never doubt yon g again. It Is my turn to ask forgiveness e now." a "No, no. Just forgive me. That Is all 11 T ,?1, ?? A si liai* hfln/1 ipna nn hlo hmua# ^ ft OJ5JV. zxaaii UUI WU "Let us step out luto tbe'passageway, Edwin." said Jane, und ^ye did. There r were times when Jane seemed to be In- Sl spiled. b When we went back Into the room, 11 Mary and Brandon were sitting in the r' wlndow-wuy on ids great cloak. They g rose and came to us, holding each oth- n er's hands, and Mary asked, looking np 0 to him: 11 "Shall we tell them?" ? "As you like, my lady." Mary was willing, and looked for g Brandon to speak, so he said, "Thla s lauy wuoci l uoiu uy me uuuu uuu my " self have promised each other before 11 the good God to be husband and wife e if fortune ever so favor us that it be v possible." 81 "No; that is not it," interrupted Ma- 11 ry. "There la no if in it It shall be whether it is possible or not Nothing t] shall prevent" At this she kissed Jane 11 and told her how she loved her, and 8 gave me her hand, for her love was so fl great within her that it overflowed upon every one. She, however, always bad ? plenitude of love for Jane, and, u though*Bhe might 'scold'her and ippar- n ently misuse her. Jane was as dear as 3 a sister and was always sure of her S steadfast tried and lasting affection. e After Mary had said there should be a no "if' Brandon replied: 3 "Very well. lime.. Destiny." Then, n aiming to us; "What onghf Tto do for I >ne who la willing to stoop from so " llgb an estate to honor me and be my p irlfer* d "Love her and her alone with your a srhole heart aB long as you live. That v a all she wants, I am sure," volun- v :eered Jane sentimentally. ( "Jane, you are a Mme. Solomon," n laid Mary, with a tone of her old time o augb. "Is the course you advise as you a ivould wish to be done by?" And she a f lanced mischievously from Jane to me t; is the laugh bubbled up from her heart, e merry and soft, as If it bad not coma v from what was but now the home of v jrlef and pain. t "I know nothing about how I should t ho vlaha hw " ooM Tntid txHth A ? inc iv vu uvuc v/ f otuu w ?? u )oot, "but If you have such respect for f ny wisdom I will offer a little more. I n iilnfe It is time we should be going." n "Now. Jane, you are growing foolish e igain; I will not go yet," and Mary u nade manifest ber Intention by sitting g lown. She could not bring herself to 0 'orego the pleasure of staying, danger- $ >us as she knew it to be, and could not b jear the pain of parting, even for a s ihort time, now that she had Brandon mce more. The time was soon coming -but I am too fast again. 0 After a time Brandon said: "I think p fane's wisdom remains with her, Mary. c :t is better that yon do not stay, much is ! wish to have yon." e She was ready to obey him at one*.' s When she arose to go she took both ^ its hands In hers and whispered: ]( *Mary.' I like the name on your Hps," c tnd then, glancing hurriedly over her ? luinMw 1a baa I f To no a ml I worn Inok* of, lifted her face to him and ran aftec !' is. J We were a little In advance of the rlncesa, and aa we walked along Jane h aid under her breath: "Now look out h or trouble; it will come quickly, and I v ear for Master Brandon more than h ny one. He has made a noble fight . gainst her and against himself, and it i no wonder she loves him." This made me feel a little jealous. 3 "Jane, you could not love him, could r on?" I asked. ? "No matter what I could do, Edwin; do not, and that should satisfy you." j" ler voice and manner said more than ler words. The ball was almost dark. c nd?I have always considered that ocaslon one of my lost opportunities, but hey are not many. n The next evening Brandon and I. 0 ipon Lady Mary's Invitation, went up x) o her apartments, but did not stay' 0 oag, fearing some one might find as 1 here and cause trouble. We would r iof have gone at all had not the whole 0 olrt been ubsent In London, for dls- * overy would bave been a serious mat- ' er to one of us at least v As I told you once before, Henry did lot care how much Brandon might love 11 lis sister, but Buckingham bad whlslered suspicions of the state of Mary's leart, and bis own observations, to- h ;ether with the Intercepted note, bad 1 ,lven these suspicions a stronger color- a ng, so that a very small matter might v urn them Into certainties. n Site king bad pardoned Brandon for ? he killing of the two men in Billings- n ;ate, as he was forced to do under the t - ' S. Uin Eln/ln^aa f orcumsiaucea, uui mere m? uuiuicm r topped. After a short time he deprived v ilm of his place at court, and all that " vas left for blm of royal favor was t terinlsslou to remain with me and lira h it the palace until such time as be o ihould sail for New Spain. n TO BE CONTINUED. r |Uis(ctlanrous ?tradinj|. J! " o JAPANESE FIGHTERS. P e m Army Officer's Training and Tra* 8 ditions. 0 Much has been written of late on the s rganizatlon and the methods of teach- a ig and training adopted by the Japan-1 b se army, but few writers have dealt * dth all that long and accumulated e raining which Is the Inheritance of " very Japanese officer. By birth all v apanese officers belong to the old ? ghting class of the Samurai; tne pro- P ortion is, indeed, so overwhelming that n tie word "all" is not misleading. And * tie Samurai, with the rest of the feudal ystem, lasted in Japan right up to the evolution of 1867; therefore every Ja- 1 .... . * anese officer of more than tnirty-six 1 ctually began life under the old conitions. In many parts of the country e he old state of things lasted beyond S 876, and in more still the old training d emained even when the old conditions n 'ere altered. And so it happens that v very senior officer in the Japanese S rmy or navy was trained with the raining of the Samurai, while the ounger men share that training by the #v ery blood which they inherit. It is ust this training, lying, as it does, at " he back of each officer, and forming a i some sort the very stuff out of which ? ach man, arid, therefore, the whole a rmy, is made, that becomes of para- P loiftt importance at such a crisis as his. 'J The Fighters. s The Samurai, as the fighting class, a ecessarily placed the highest value on u ourage and fortitude; and the little g oys, and, for that matter, the little E iris, too?were brought up from the v arliest age with a Spartan-like endur- u nee which left even the Spartans s hemselves far behind. In order to t! rain the body to hardship young chil- p ren were made to get up before sun- S Ise for their lessons, or they were o ent, before breakfast, to walk with c are feet through the winter snow to tl heir teachers. It was usual for pa- ii ents to gather a party of children to- v ether, perhaps as often as twice a il lonth, before such festivals as those S f the God of Learning, In order that v hey should pass the whole night with- tl ui sieep, wnne tney reaa tuouu m u urns. Sometimes they were made to e 0 without food, and taught that a amurai should be ashamed to be hunry. The little boy Prince of Sendal? 1 one of the most pathetic of Japan- 11 se plays?speaks the Samurai thoughts p hen he says to his page as the two L tarved children watch a sparrow feed- v ig Its young: E "Look at those tiny birds, how wide si heir yellow bills are open, how eagerly si hey eat; but for a Samurai, when his S tomach Is empty, It Is a disgrace to l sel hungry.' o Severe Training. t. After hardening the body the Sam- a r?l training goMgfrt to toughen the "li ofves, and Children wdre fnteuehtbt n eijt to graveyards and haunted houses, r mall boys, after being taken to see an G xecutlon, would be sent out alone and a t night to And their way back to the 31 pot, to touch the body and to leave a | lark of their visit on the severed head. ]| 3ven the mothers, who called them cowards to cry for such a tiny aln," asked them "what they would 3 o, if they cried so much for such little ache, when their arms i'ere cut off in battle or they n tere called on to commit hara-karl" suicide by disembowelling). The ut- f, nost infliction of pain, endured with- j ut a tear or a groan, was Imposed as f{ ji ordeal on all children. Even death, f, . self-inflicted death, was, under cer- e ain conditions, regarded as the plain- K st duty, and boys and girls alike vere taught how to take their own lives kith calmness and dignity. Self-conrol was indeed, the very keystone of he Samuraf character, and this not " nly from the side of endurance and c ortitude, but also from that of polite- n iess, which required that a man should V iot spoil another's pleasure by any '' xpresslon of his own pain. A Sam- e iral must show "no sign of Joy or an- ^ ;er;" and this Iron control, Imposed 18 n men and women alike, has entered c eep Into the Rational character. "To * ear what you think you cannot bear," 1 ay the Japanese, "Is really to bear," 0 Duty of Loyalty. 11 Inseparably bound up with the duty t( t courage was the duty of loyalty, tl l perfect loyalty required a perfect ourage, and loyalty has always been e he primary human duty of the Japan- s se. Between affection, and loyalty a iamural must never hesitate. He was ? aught to sacrifice wife and child If jyalty demanded it. The story of f' lenzo, who cut off the head of his own t! on and took It to the enemy of his r< ard In order to save the son of that c ard, is not at all an Isolated Instance In v apanese history. And the story?as P L goes .on to tell how Oenzo, returning e lome that night, called to his wife as ie entered the house: "'Rejoice, my 1 rife, our son has proved of service to f( ils lord"?touches one of the deepest a - * - a T* n Ibres In the Japanese caaracicr. n ras never required of a Samurai to acrifice his conscience to his loyalty 0 nerely himself?which. In the Japan- h st mind, Included his family?but both 8 Is family and himself he must be eady to offer up. His conscience was Is own. Many a Samurai who sin- |, erely believed his master wrong would 0 emonstrate with him, use every en- u eavor to persuade him, and, falling, p nake the last supreme appeal of his wn life's blood. It was this duty of liter loyalty which Involved the duty f revenge. Revenge was Justice?Jus- h Ice executed on the wrong-doer; and ^ iO man might shrink from carrying * ut Justice on those who had wronged c Is lord. His own wrongs, including 1 njurles to his wife and children, he . as taught to forgive, but sins against uyalty demanded Justice, not forgiveiess. 0 1 Dsfsnce of Honor. ' If a Samurai was taught to forgive ils own Injuries, he was also taught * o defend his own honor, at all times 5 nd at all hazards; and as this, to a warlike race, was the easiest com- '' nandment of the two* he naturally :ave It precedence. To protect his lame from all aspersions was his conlnual care; and the most powerful ap- h eal which could be addressed to him, a i-hether as boy or man, was the one, u Are you not ashamed?" It was cus- c omary for a Samurai to pledge his P lonor In a manner more liberal than 3 ur term Implies. The form of agree- a nent would run thus: "In default of ll epayment of the sum lent me, I shall a ay nothing to being ridiculed In pubic:" or, "In case I fail to pay you back, n ou may call me a fool" (baka?the ne form of insult in Japan): and such a ledges were considered the surest of a uarantees. Honor was the pearl of f reat price to the Samurai, the prize n f his earthly existence. And to' shun hame, or to win for himself a name mong men, Samurai boys were ready o undergo any suffering or privation. n t was fame, not wealth, not knowl- p dge, for which they strove. Life was s Ightly laid down for honor's sake. It p ras the overestimation of this honor, f r rather the confounding of the ap- ? a rent with the real, which produced t: riost of the excesses of the Samurai, 'or their code was not without its n caching of patience and long-suffer- ( ng, as the sayings of Ogawa, the great p 'ye-yasu, and many others can testl- a y. Kamazawa taught: "When others n lame thee, blame them not; when othrs are angry with thee return not aner. Joy cometh only as passion and esire part." And the term Bushi no i asake, the "tenderness of a warrior," p i*as tne living pnrase iu uie gum wu r lamurai. j Whole Training. p The whole training of the Samurai .-ent to the building up of his charac- a er?not to the cultivation (tf his Intel- g gence, or his tastes as such. Religion nd theology w^re left to the priests. e Icience was outside his sphere. Literture was to him a pastime, while fj hilosophy he regarded only as a prac- Sl leal aid in the formation of character. c 'he Samurai was a man of action, and c, o his training was chiefly in fencing, fchery, jujltsu, horsemanship, and the v se of the spear. He learned calli- a raphy, ethics, literature and history. 91 iut a mind stored with information 01 /as not greatly admired. The Sam- n rai valued decision of character, not f< uperiority of intelligence; and all heir education and training had this { ractlcal end so much in view that the p lamurai became the best fighting unit f the Orient, if not of the world. His p ode might almost be summed up in f( lie words of one of them, for it was, |r ideed, to know 'how to die when it $ as right to die, how to strike when a ; was right to strike," for which the lamurai strove. This is the spirit ^ /hich, handed down through genera- n Ions of dead warriors, forms today s, lie training at the back of the Japanse offlcer.?Chicago Record-Herald. 1 ; ai The First English Slave Trader. f< -Sir John HawHins was the first Engsh slave trader. He formed a com- lr any composed of the leading men of c ondon and fitted out three small ships, p men saneu in iao*. naici p, llizabeth lent Hawkins Jesus, a large jr hip of her own of 700 tons, and took hares In the second African company, he not only equipped the ship, but put S1 00 soldiers on board to provide for jr ontingencies. On the second voyage aj [awklns bought 400 negroes and had d narrow escape from losing them ow- i, ig to th^ lack of water when he was c frar -the/eouatDt^. But^astrfes Plsusfo ecorded' in his log, "The Almighty lod would not suffer his elect to perish tl nd sent a breeze which carried them si afe to Ijtominlca." This was the be- 3, inning of the slave trade, which Iastd for more than two centuries before . was finally suppressed. GOVERNOR'8 ME88AGE. u ummiry of What Hi? Excolloncy Said c to the General Aaaambly. Governor Heyward's first annual message was read In the house and o enate last Tuesday. It Is a straight 4 jrward business like paper of about ti 0,000 words, and rather too lengthy n 3r reproduction In The Enquirer in 0 nil. The following summary, how- r ver, Is comprehensive, and will likely t, atlsfy most of our readers: ji Finanoial Condition of the State. t It is pointed out that, according to v he figures of the comptroller general, 8 he receipts of the state are not in- d reaslng proportionately to the reve- r ues, the diverging ratios have gro.wn early greater since 1887. Since the liter year me louu exyeiiuiiura mtt ( xceeded the receipts by $15,295.88, the a gures being, respectively, 16,934,725.33 t nd $6,960,020.71. The fact that the t omptroller general estimates that the 0 tare must borrow during the year j 904, $425,000 to promptly meet current r bllgatlons until the tax lexy of 1904 t ecomes available, shows the finances r o be in an unhealthy condition, to say l he least This situation should ceralnly be remedied and a sufficient revnue should be provided to place the tate upon a cash basis. r "The question resolves Itself into ' his, that expenditures must be cur- j ailed, or more revenue raised. The ormer, I fear, is impracticable, and he latter can only be done in one of hree ways: First, by requiring the ounty authorities, upon whom deolve the duty of ascertaining and c lacing upon the tax books all prop- a rty, to exercise a rigid supervision of t ax returns, and forcing them to re- t uire a proper listing of property here- t ofore escaping taxation. Second, by t license tax as suggested by yo?r com- i ilttee; or third, by increasing the tax r ?vy, which is undesirable, as it will c nly place additional burdens upon the r onest taxpayers, while the 'tax dod- 1: er* still escapes." ti Insurance Licenses. * Present laws are condemned as be- 8 ( ig defective and inadequate and recmmends changes In license laws, reg- * latlng fees to be paid, and increasing pvenue from its source to 1127,600. c Bended Debt r Decreased during year 1903 by 1126,000 g y surrender of state capital bonds by j Tnited States, and by surrender of j 37,000 Blue Ridge railroad bonds ac- t ordlng to acts of general assembly. t 'otal bonded debt of state Jan. 1, 1904, t 3 given at 36,684,882.78. - . Assets of cumulative sinking fund or payment of South Carolina Brown * ) per cent bonds now aggregate r 493,277.26. * Assets of Insurance sinking fund are * 11,651.25, of which $6,000 is loaned at 4 per cent interest. v About the settlement of claims grow- y ng out of the war of 1812, the fol- * swing extract from a letter of Sena- * or Tillman is given: jj "It affords me great gratification to ( and you herewith warrants Nos. 6746 nd 5747 on the United States treas- 8 irer for $89,137.86, together with re- 6 eipt from the Southern Express com- J any for $126,000 coupon bonds of the tate of South Carolina, with coupons r ttached aggregating principal and in- e erest, $248,750, making a total in cash v s nd bonds or ?7S37,88<.sd. An appropriation of {1,000 Is recomlended as remuneration for services of 0 fr. James M. Baker, of Lowndesvllle, 8 sslstant senate librarian, for assist- 11 nee rendered in obtaining this money rom the government. The above lentloned warrants have been deposled to the credit of the general fund. ? Education and 8ehoolr. By far the lengthiest caption in the lessage is devoted to this subject. Lfter a general preamble, the common chools are extolled; the necessity em- * hasized of having competent teachers, ull-length terms and school buildings ( ot only neat and comfortable, but atractive as well. * f Conditions of country schools denand attention. Scholastic year of j, average length) 112 days, too short. Lverage teachers' pay of {203.04, too a mall. Awakening to these facts, oted and commented upon. Rural school libraries recommended. Consolidation of rural schools urged. Expenditures for schools, $1,046,43.50; average attendance, 206,825 pulls; per capita cost, $5.06; total enollment, 288,332?134,330 white and 54,002 colored, excess of colored pulls, 19,672. Manual training and night schools re strongly urged as among the state's reatest needs. ^ High schools and colleges are prals- c d. sectarian as well as lay. South Carolina College?ApproprlaIons recommended of $8,500 for conervatlon of pupils' health, $29,400 for ? urrent expenses, $500 for centenary ^ elebratlon. Winthrop Normal and Industrial? ' V'ork of Institution highly praised, ppropriatlona recommended; $56,S2.66 for ordinary expenses and $10,00 to be paid in three annual install- fi lents for purchase of additional land li >r farming purposes. h Clemson College?Regular work and tl timers' institute highly praised. Reort of trustees reviewed. n South Carolina Military Academy? .ecommends appropriations; $25,000 li >r support: $1,000 for repair of build- o lgs; $250 for additions to library, and v 10,000 for improvements in lighting ii nd heating. n Institution for education of deaf and una?neview ui aiienuuucc. ivcwmlends appropriations of $24,000 for 1: jpport and $3,000 for improvements. (i Colored Normal, industrial, agricul- p jral and mechanical. Appropriation sked of $7,622.32, of which $2,600 is a >r completion of building. e: State hospital for insane?Sketch of istltutton, origin and development, p ost per capita of occupants $100. Ap- o roprlation asked of $140,000. Com- a arison of cost of similar Institutions sj i other southern states. 8tats Penitentiary. h This item of the message is mainly S atlstical. It is shown that there WS|Mi i prison at close of last year 697 n gralnst 701 in previous year; 170 wect e ischarged during 1903, 16 pardoned, a I escaped and 29 died?a total of 228. t< if <* " it lis class of patien^^^^H^^^^H^H for rged; collection of vital statistics la ecom mended; puie food law la diauaaed. Railroad Commission. Total net revenue ^a g}ven at $4,108,80.80 an Increaae over 1002 of $417,00.56. It la recommended: that elec-. rlc railway Unea operating outalde of luniclpalities be PlKPd under control f commission; thf&the railroads be equlred to have aftajjrency in the state o pass upon clairiffwesented /or adListment, and thatjnp? be given auhority to employ a\dvll engineer, to rork under the sujMjplslon and make uch investigation art%e physical con- - ' litlon of the rallroadifA they may Had equlslte and necesseijMAttention caJ 1 WMAl* heading o value of state's mnsral products nd work done by thhwwjitjtlitlon o mails. It is recojfflhSided: "That he legislature authorUp^hhe secretary if state to secure appropriate cases In tarmony with the wowwpfk of -the naln hall of the capltolOkv order that he mineral specimens bMMhlting the: ?sources of the state .lfi|Hk* ^becomngly displayed." State AilitilB.v Improvements In orguMHon comnented on. praise for'tj^jfepf troops vhen called upon* Tjmpnth of:' itate troops (officers sS&Wix) X7S5. t is recommended .that-SrsHyw^nory ie built, the present rentw^ructure pviiik eimrciy Importance ot W^a?wyelfu? if state emphasised. XWnnenior ays: "The bdlldlnf ofjljSBgjtilgh- _ vays is now a national jjgMMPjC Naional good roads asaqjfl Bgfthave leen formed and are ax^flMOTrofk , o secure aid forthls lational ;?overnmeif^^HHP*^^ ner has been doing: acqR Klkrlua work along this Jhpgj gjry vork, there In in South . Carolina shoulffifiW hare of such an Uppt9'pM(flQft<- . >. ?| o-operation of our nent in this matter Co particular state wm Kyp g ilalms here and nent, be an error ^or to securenerpm^BI^^^^^^^B^^^^I iropriation tor oar ie available horlc of try Is a further Ion aspect lureau of "The nlgratlon ileasure," says >een profoundly id ministration an the rork. We cannot >r la thin lemanded fmlted. lb can t^jflP^^^^^^^^^PnTabd: j^' it prices lar beli^HNI |Hnslc vaJie; a climate : uiu^pafis? allowing hese lands to product thw wire year; nlneral resources 4^. '^hal j greatest abundance an5 of ttm^tgjMt quality, vitb water* powers, tWtMpUaly.. located ind practically" unde4WSps<L.vIfl addlion to all of this the/coat of Using, and if living well, Jvtx no lower "average ind our health record is second to lone." The governor recommends In this connection the establishment of a bueau of commerce and immigration vlth a secretary and Commissioner in barge. / Compilation df .QoftfbdONite Records. Upon being noticed, says the governor, that congress had paned^the act trovidlng for a complete'rosier of Federal and Confederate soldiers In 'the var between the states, he appointed Colonel M. P. Triable of Anderson, to compile South Carolina's roster. He tad done the work \fell and faithfully end the governor recommends that he le paid $1,600 fo^ his labors. Under the heading "Pensions," the rovernor says psesent laws'are workng satisfactorily; and he urges that no barges be made] as they tend to. comilicate matters. V \ It Is urged that the $10,600 condllonally appropriated for monument to Vade Hampton be at once. uncoadllonally donated to purcbase^Uehii'ed. Further measures are advocalgd'to elleve the congested condition uit court calendars. The act Of . w elped to, but did not entirely reibove he annoying and unsatisfactory con- ?. ltions. Two additional Judicial clr- : ? * *' gj * UIID CUC ICV'UIUIUCUUCU COUWlWUVWf - t * Lynching: Is strongly condemned on- '* er a separate caption. It is deemed dvisabu that punishment for at- ;v smpted rape-be changed from "not >nger than ten years imprisonment" ; : * > "imprisonment for life." Respect for he law must be taught The Dispensary. There has been comparatively little rlction during the past year in enforc? ig the liquor laws. CMef constable as proved an Invaluable officer, says - - *" he message. The following figures are given for , lne months ending Nov. 30, 1908: Total increase in cost of conatabuiry, 37,719.24; total Increase In value j f seizures, $3,586.88; total Increase in alue of fines collected, $1,669.00; total lcrease In dispensary sales for twelve lonths, $411,785.27. j 'j For the entire year: Net profits to towns and counties, 903, $512,216.36; net profits tO state, school fund) $126,266.00; total net roflt for 1903, $638,482.36. Attention la called to defects In law uthorizing appointment of .state bank samlner. i fF Decline of phosphate Industry is delored. Recommended tllikt state gelogist be made member^ of board lot ommissloners and thq?-dfctlse 4^? Idpector devolve upon Mm. The lepiplature is Urged to try to ave South Carolina represented at the t. Louis World's Fair. / Separate' paragraph* ore given to ecesslty at meaBune^looking to presrvation a^d replenishment of forests nd flsh 9,1 d oyster bed* The latter J beptotoc^ by wdqr^pito of licenses. 6tij^^^6|^b1emu3r'*ie*ai<>n amendthanks -7 the