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... ... , * \ . ,_J u ' . ISSUED ggMI'WBEKL^^ _ . l. x grist's sons. Pobii.hen. J % Jfamitu Jtetcspaper: <J[or the gromotion o{ the goliticat, Jhociat, Agricultural and (Eommetjria! Interests of the people. | /,N^^opJ"iviNciS^NCE' established 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1906. NO. 27. DORSE St _t A Tale of the Re vol i Upper C By JOHN P. CHAPTER XXXV. Mildred In Grief?She Is Near Making a Disclosure?A Visitor Arrives at the Dove Cote. "Then in that hour remorse he felt, And his heart told him he had dealt Unkindly with his child."?Rogers. On the following day Mildred confined herself to her chamber. She had passed a sleepless night, and the morning found her a pale, anxious, and dis- , * A ? M alAttf nrinrAOnh tressea waicner ui uic mun ? , of light. Her thoughts were busy with the fate of Butler. This topic overwhelmed all other cares, and struck , deep and unmitigated anguish Into her mind. The hints that had been so indiscreetly dropped by her father, more than if the whole tale had been told, had worked upon her Imagination, and conjured up to her apprehension the certain destruction of her lover. In , her interview with Lindsay, her emotions had been controlled by the extreme difficulty of her situation. The ( fear of rousing In her father that deep ( and solemn tone of passion, which had ( now become the infirmity of his mind, and almost threatened to "deprive his , sovereignity of reason," and of which | she was painfully aware, had subdued j the strength of. her own feelings?so i far, at least, as to inculcate a more ( seeming moderation than, in other clr- . cumstances, she should have exhibited, i It was the struggle between filial af- < fectlon and duty on one side, and an ardent, though tremblingly acknowl- < edged, attachment on the other. The i course that she had previously deter- i mined to pursue, In reference to the ] many earnest and assiduous efforts of 1 Lindsay to persuade her from her love I was steadily to persevere in the open i acknowledgement of her plighted vow, i and endeavor to win her father's favor oy a caim ana genuc exiwatuiauvu, v. . to seek. In a respectful silence, the ; means of averting the occasion of that i gusty and moody outbreak erf temper, i which the peculiar exacerbation of the < mind was apt to make frequent. She i would have resorted to this silence In i the late communion with Lindsay, If i he had not. with an unusual bitterness, denounced Arthur Butler as the i author of a hateful crime; a crime which she knew had been foully In- I sinuated against him by a man of whose ] subtle wickedness she was persuaded. ( and whom, of all others, she most heartily execrated. She was, therefore, i led Indignantly though temperately, to repel the slander by which her father's ] hatred had been artfully envenomed. 1 But when. In the fierce fervor of his displeasure, Lindsay had announced to i her the danger that had befallen Butler. the disclosure opened to her mind ; a world of misery. The late silence of < her lover had already alarmed her i fears, and this announcement suggest- ] ed the worst of the many anxious con- ! Jectures which her brooding spirit had i imagined as the cause of that absence l of tidings. Her emotions upon thisdis- i closure were those of a bursting heart 1 that dared not trust itself with words; and when her father, seeing the un- I looked for mischief he had done, I sought to temper his speech, and re- i tract some of the harshness of his < communication, by an explanation, the i only effect was, for the moment, to take 1 off the edge of her keenest grief. But 1 when she left his presence, and recov- 1 ered herself sufficiently to recall all that had passed, the dreadful thought or J disaster to Butler, came back upon her 1 imagination with all the horrors which < a fond heart could summon around it. i A weary hour was spent in sobs and i tears; and it was only by the bland- I Ishments of her brother Henry's kind ' ana earnest sympathy, when the youth found her in the parlor thus whelmed 1 in sorrow, and by his manly ana cheering reckoning of the many chances of ' safety that attend the footsteps of a i prudent and a brave man that she be- I gan to regain that resolute equanimity that was a natural and even predoml- ' nating attribute of her character. When Lindsay came into the parlor with the tidings of the victory at Camden. such was the state in which he I found her; and whilst he announced to i her that event which had given him so much Joy. he was not unheedful of the pang he had previously inflicted, and now endeavored to make amends by throwing in some apparently casual, though intentional, references to the condition of Butler, who he doubted not, would now be disposed of on easy terms. "Perhaps," he continued, "as the war was drawing to a cjose, and the royal clemency had been singularly considerate of the mistaken men who had taken arms against their king, he would in a little while be discharged on his parole." This reluctant and forced crumb of comfort fell before one who had but little appetite to take it. and Mildred received it only in cold silence. Henry, however, made better use of the event and by that assi dulty which. In true and gentle friendship. never wearies, and never misses its aim, when that aim is to revive a sinking hope, succeeded in lifting both his father and sister Into a kindlier climate of feeling. But solitude and her pillow ravelled all this work of charity. Fancy, that stirring tormentor of acute minds, summoned up all his phantoms to Mildred's waking fears, and the night was passed by her as by one who could not be comforted. In the morning she was ill, and therefore, as I have said, remained in her chamber. Lindsay, ever solicitous for the happiness of his children, and keenly sensitive to whatever gave them pain, now that the turbid violence of his passion had subsided into a clearer and calmer medium, applied himself by every art which parental fondness could supply, to mitigate the suffering of his daughter. Like a man wno, in a reckless and ungoverned moment, having done an injury which his heart revolts at and having leisure to contemplate the wrong he has indicted, ide iosiiisor itioiiary Struggle In arolina. KENNEDY. hastens to administer comfort with an alacrity which even outruns the suggestions of ordinary affection, so did he now betake himself to Mildred's chamber, and, with sentiments of mixed alarm and contrition, seek for her forgiveness for what he acknowledged a rash and unbecoming assault upon her feelings. His soothing did not reach the disease. They could give her no assurance of Butler's safety; and on that point alone all her anguish turned. "My dear, dear father," she said, with a feeble and dejected voice, "how do you wrong me, by supposing I could harbor a sentiment that might cause me to doubt the love I bear you! I know and revere the purity of your nature, and need no assurance from you that your affection Itself has kindled up this warmth of temper. But you have opened a fountain of bitterness Upon my feelings," she added, sobbing vehemently, "In what you have divulged relating to a man you loathe, and one, dear father?take It from me " *V?A avnrooalnn f\t O SflPTPd H\JYV , CUJ IIIC VA|/iVovivn .W4. ? ? duty?one that I must ever love. Call It fate?call It Infatuation; say that It does not befit my womanly reserve to avow It?but If misfortune and death have fallen upon the head pf Arthur Butler, there Is that bond between us, that I must die. Oh, father?" As Mildred pronounced these words she had gradually raised herself Into el sitting; posture In her bed, and at the conclusion, fell back exhausted upon her pillow. The enthusiasm, the violence and the Intensity of her emotions had overborne her strength, and for some moments she lay Incapable of speech. ."Mildred, Mildred! daughter!"- exclaimed Lindsay, In alarm, "I forgrlve you, my child. Great heaven, if this should be too much for her sensitive nature, and she should die before my eyes! Dear Mildred," he said In a softer accent, as he kissed her pale forehead, "but look up never, never more will I oppose your wish." "Father." she uttered, in a scarce audible whisper. "Thank God, she revives! Forbear to speak, my love; that is enough. Do not exhaust your strength by an>ther effort." "Father!" she repeated In a firmer iccent. "There, there, my child," continued Lindsay, fanning the air before her face with his hand. "Father," again uttered Mildred, "tell me of Arthur." "He Is safe, my love?and thou shalt yet be happy. Daughter?no more; compose yourself?nor attempt to speak." And saying these words MnHonv atnle nut nt the ohnmher and summoned one of the domestics to administer a cordial to the exhausted patient; and then gave orders that she should be left to recruit her strength by sleep. Mildred by degrees revived. Jaded by mental affliction, she had sunk Into repose; and when another morning irrlved, the lustre had returned to her ?ye, and htr recovery was already well idvanced. She did not yet venture from her chamber but she was able to leave her bed and take the fresh air at ber window. Whilst she sat In the loose robe of in invalid, towards noon, looking out upon the green forest and smiling fields iround her, with Henry close by her side, seeking to soothe and amuse her mind, they were enabled to descry a horseman, attended by a single servant, making his way up the hill from the ford, by the road that led directly to the door. "As I live, sister," ejaculated Henry, 'There is Tyrrel, covered with dust, and his horse all but worn down by travel." "Heaven forbid that it should be Tyrrel Indeed!" said Mildred, growing paler, and trembling as she spoke. "Oh. what ill fortune brings him hither?" "I'll be bound ' replied Henry, "that he comes with a whole budget of lies and foul thoughts. He has a knavish look, sister, and has been hatching mischief with every step of his horse. I, for one, will not see him; unless I can't help it. And you, sister, have an excuse to keep your room; so he is like to have cold comfort here, with his rascally news of victory. We shall htar enough of Camden now. By the by. sister, I should like much to see our account of that business. 1 would bet it gives another fact to the matter. These Tories do so bespatter his lordship with praises, and tell such improbable things about their victories; I will not see Tyrrel, that's flat." "Nay. brother, not so fast. You must see him, for my sake. He has something to tell of Arthur. Persuade my father to ask him; tell him, if need be that I requested this. And, Henry, if he says that Arthur is safe and well, if he has heard anything of him, knows anything of him, fiy to me and tell me it all. And, remember, brother," she said earnestly, "tell me all?whether it be good or bad." "This is a new view of the case," said Henry. "Mildred, you are a wise woman, and think more ahead than 1 do. I did not reflect that this fellow might know something of Major Butler, though I am pretty sure he kept as clear of the major as a clean pair of hei Is would allow him. And. moreo\( r, 1 take upon me to say. that he will bring as little good news of our Ar'.hur in this direction, as he ever did of a good act in his life. But I will spy him out, sister, and report like a? like a?forty-two pounder, or the despatch of a general who has won a light. So. adieu, sister." By the time that Henry had reached the porch. Tyrrel was already there. He had dismounted, and his weary steed stood panting on the gravel walk, while the servant stripped him of ids baggage. "Well met, good Master Henry!" said" Tyrrel approaching, and offering the youth his hand, "I am somewhat of a soiled traveler, you see. Is your father at home? And your sister, how Is she?" "My father Is at home," replied HenI ry, dropping the proffered hand of the visitor, almost as soon as it had touched his own. "I will send him to you, sir." "But you have not asked me the news, Henry," said Tyrrel, "and, seeing that I have come from the very theatre of war. I could tell you something good." "I have heard my father speak of your good news." answered Henry, carelessly, "I do not serve under the same colors with you, sir." And the youth left the porch to announce the arrival of the traveler to Lindsay. "There spoke the rebel Mildred," muttered Tyrrel, as Henry left his presence. In an Instant, Lindsay hastened from the library and received his guest with a warm welcome. The first cares of his reception, and some necessary order relating to his comfort being despatched, Tyrrel began to disburden himself of his stock of particulars relating to the great and Important movements of the opposing armies in the south. He had left Cornwallls a few days after the battle, and had traveled with post haste to Virginia. on a leave of absence. He described minutely the state of things consequent upon the recent victory; and it was with a tone of triumphant exultation that he frequently appealed to his predictions as to the course of events, when last at the Dove Cote. The conversation soon became too confidential for the presence even of Henry, who sat greedily devouring every word that fell from the lips of the narrator, and the further interview was transferred to the library. Henry hastened back to Mildred. "The fellow is so full of politics, sister," said the eager scout, "that he has not dropped one solitary word about Butler. He talks of the province being brought back to a sense of its duty, and public sentiment putting an end to this unnatural war forsooth! And his majtsty reaping fresh laurels on the fields of Virginia! Let his majesty put In his sickle here?he shall reap as fine a crop or oners to oina rouna nis brow, as ever grew in a fence corner! But Butler! Oh, no, he has nothing to say of Butler. He is a cunning man, sister, and keeps out of the major's way, take my word for that." "Brother, get you again to my father and say to him that I desire to know what tidings Mr. Tyrrel brings us. Say it in his ear privately, Henry." The young emissary again took, his leave, and, without apology, entered the library. Mildred, in the meantime, restless and impatient, applied herself to the duties of the toilet, and, with the assistance of her maid, was soon in a condition to leave her chamber. She had, almost unwittingly, and in obedience to her engrossing wish to know something of Butler, made these preparations to appear In the parlor, without thinking of her repugnance to meet Tyrrel! And now, when she was on the point of going forth her resolve changed, and she moved through the chamber like a perturbed spirit, anxiously waiting the return of Henry. She walked to the window, whence, looking out towards the terrace she perceived that her father and his guest had strolled out upon the lawn, where they were moving forward at a slow pace, whilst their gesticulations showed that they were engaged in an earnest conference. Henry's footsteps at the same moment were heard traversing the long passage, and Mildred, no longer able to restrain her eagerness, hastily iert ner room and met her brother, with whom she returned to the parlor. "My news, upon the whole, is good," said Henry, as he put his arm round Mildred's waist. "When I entered the library, and took a seat by my father, he suddenly broke up some long talk that was going on in which he looked very grave, and, as If he knew what I came for?he is an excellent, kind father, sister, for all his moping and sad humors, and loves both you and me." "He does, Henry, and we must never forget It." "I would fight for him to the very death, Mildred. So, seeing that I looked as if you had sent me to him, he turned, In a kind of careless way, and asked Tyrrel If he had heard anything lately of Butler." "Well?brother." " 'I scarce thought to mention it," answered Tyrrel, 'but the man'?think of that way of speaking of Major Butler?'the man had the temerity to push himself amongst the loyal troops, and was made a prisoner; he was suspected to be a spy. and there was as I have understood, an idea of trying him by courtmartlal for It, and for other miu<1t>ni<Mtrinra of which I wrote YOU I some particulars. I believe Indeed, he was tried, and would, perhaps, have been shot." "Oh, heaven! brother, can this be true?" exclaimed Mildred, as the color deserted her cheek. "I give you exactly Tyrrel's words," replied Henry, "but the court were attacked, said be, by some bands of Whigs who stole a march upon them." "And Arthur escaped? Kind heaven, I thank thee!" almost screamed Mildred, as she clasped her hands together. "So Tyrrel thinks " continued Henry. "At all events they did not shoot him, like a pack of cowardly knaves as they were. And as some Tory prisoners were taken and dragged away by our good friend General Sumpter, who was the man, Tyrrel says, that set upon them, it is considered good policy? these were his words, sister?to spare the unnecessary effusion of blood on both sides. And then my father asked Tyrrel if Cornwallis knew of these doings, and he answered, not?that it was the indiscreet act of some mountain boys, who were in the habit of burning and slaying, against the wish of his lordship; that the regular officers disapproved of harsh measures, and that peace now reigns all through the pro VI nee. "When they made a desert of the land, they call it peace," said Mildred thoughtfully, quoting a translation of the beautiful passage of Tacitus. "This , war is a dreadful trade." i "For us, sister, who stay at home," replied Henry. "Hut God is good to us, and will favor the right, and will protect the brave men who draw their f swords to maintain it." i "From treachery, ambuscade, and 1 privy murder?I thank you, brother, t for that word. Heaven shield us, and those we love! But these are fearful 1 times. 1 ^ CHAPTER XXXVI. 1 r Circumstances Favor TyrrePa Influence ( Over Lindsay. ' I The discourse between Lindsay and ^ Tyrrel was one of deep moment. Tyrrel had taken advantage of the pervad- 8 lng fervor which the late successes of * the British arms had diffused amongst 1 the adherents of the royal cause, In 8 behalf of what was deemed their cer- ^ tain triumph, to urge forward his own 4 views. This was the occasion of his present unexpected visit at the Dove 1 Cote. His Immediate aim was to plunge 8 Lindsay Into the contest, by forcing 8 him to take some step that should so ^ commit him. In the opinion of the republican government, as to leave him r no chance of. retreat, nor the means c longer to enjoy the privileges of his late neutrality. He, unhappily found 8 Lindsay In a mood to favor this In- 1 trigue. The increasing anxieties of that gentleman's mind, his domestic griefs, I his peculiar temperament, and the 8 warmth of his political animosities, 8 all stimulated him to the thought of * some active participation In the struggle. Tyrrel had sufficient penetration to * perceive that such was likely to be the 8 current of Lindsay's feelings, and he 1 had by frequent letters administered to 1 this result. c There were several opulent families 8 In the lower sections of the state who i still clung to the cause of the king, and 8 who had been patiently awaiting the 1 course of events, for the time when they might more boldly avow them- r selves. With the heads of these fam- ^ llles Tyrrel had been in active correspondence, and It was now his design ' which under the sanction of the British ^ leaders, he had already nearly matured, * to bring these individuals together in- d to a secret council, that they might * act in concert, and strengthen them- 8 selves by mutual alliance. Immediate- ^ ly after the battle of Camden, it Is 8 known that Cornwaills had laid his plans for the invasion of North Caro- ' Una, by Intrigues of the same kind; it was only extending the system a little ^ in advance to apply ft to Virginia, Ar- 0 rangements had been made for this " meeting of malcontents to be held at ^ the house of a Mr. Stanhope, on one of 1 the lower sections of the James river? 11 a gentleman of good repute, with ^ whom Lindsay had long been In the re- e latlons of close friendship. ' "The moments are precious, and you are waited for," said Tyrrel In the 0 course of his conference with Lindsay; 1 "We must strike whilst the Iron Is hot * Separated as our good friends are " from each other you are now in the power, and at the mercy?which is a 1 significant phrase?of the unruly gov- v ernment of congress. Your motions, " therefore, should be prompt. There are seasons, in the history of every trouble v when the virtue of deliberation mainly u lies in its rapidity and the boldness * of its resolve. I beseech you, sir, to ^ regard this as such a season, and, to 8 take the course which the honor of ? our sovereign demands, without fur- 8 ther pause to think of consequences." r "When you were here a month ago" a replied Lindsay, "I had my scruples. r But things have strangely altered in that short interval. Your standard 8 floats more bravely over the path of q invasion than I had deemed it possible. You charged me then with being a * laggard, and, you may remember, even c Impeached my loyalty." a "I did you a grievous wrong, my dear 0 friend; and did I not know your gener- r ous nature pardoned, as soon as it was uttered, my rash and intemperate ^ speech, it would have cost me many a >' pang of remorse. Even in this, good sir," said Tyrrel, smiling and laying his h nana upon l/inusay s dhuuiuci , c?c. In this, you see how necessary is it 8 that we should have a wise and con- 0 siderate councillor to moderate the un- 1 governed zeal of us younger men." 0 "My mind is made up," replied Llnd- 8 say. "I will attend the meeting." 1 "And Mildred will be removed forth- ^ with to Charleston?" eagerly interrupted Tyrrel. 8 "Ah, sir, not one word of that. If I ^ attend this meeting, it must be in se- f cret. Nor do I yet commit myself to '' its resolves. I shall be a listener only. 11 I would learn what my compatriots ' think reserving to myself the right to 1 act. Even yet, I would purchase peace 1 with many a sacrifice. I abjure all vio- 8 lent measures of offence." "I am content," answered Tyrrel, I "that you should hold yourself un- tl pledged to any measures which your gravest and severest judgment does not > approve. Though I little doubt that, c frcrr> all quarters, you will hear such I tidings as shall convince you that the a road, both of safety and honor, leads r onward in this glorious enterprise, t 'Tis from this nettle 'danger", that we c pluck the flower 'safety.' Conscious of this, I would have Mildred and her " brother cared for." c "Mildred can never be yours," said f Lindsay musing. "There Is the thought e that makes me pause. I believed, and so do you, that the favor this Butler p had found with her was the capricious s and changeful fancy of a girl. It is t - - - it u the Uevoteu passion 01 a numu?, .? ? has grown to be her faith, her honor, her religion." t "Butler is a fool?a doomed madman," replied Tyrrel with earnestness. \ "He came here with the hellish purpose :i to betray you; and he was silly enough c to think he could do so, and still win r your daughter. She should be told of c this." . I "She has been told of it. and she be- I lieves it not." \ "Was my avouch given to her for t the truth of the fact. I "It was. And, to speak plainly to t you, it has only made your name hate- s ful to her ear." t "Then shall she have proof of It, I which she cannot doubt. She shall t have it in the recorded judgment of a r courtmartial, which has condemned him ? as a traitor and a spy; she shall have i It In the doom of his death, and the se- I questration of his estate," exclaimed I Tyrrel with a bitter malignity, "proud girl!" . 1 "Remember yourself, sir!" interrupt- c ed Lindsay, sternly. "This is not the t language nor the tone fit for a father's i ear, when the subject of it is his own I daughter." ^ I Tyrrel was instantly recalled to his I telf-possession; and with that humility \ vhlch he could always assume when 1 lis own Interest required It, spoke In t i voice of sudden contrition. I "Why, what a fool am I to let my emper thus sway me! Humbly, mosi r lumbly, dear sir, do I entreat your for- < flveness. I love your daughter, and t evere the earnest enthusiasm of her lature; and therefore, have been gall>d beyond my proper show of duty, to earn that she could discredit my vord." "I enjoin It upon you," said Llnd- iay, "that In your Intercourse with my 'omllv vnn rli*An nn u/nrH pqIpil- I I1CIV, JWU VS. Vp *1W TT v.? ated to alarm my daughter for the [ lafety of this Butler. It Is a topic vhlch distracts her, and must be avoided." ( "For the present," replied Tyrrel, "as s have before told you, I think he Is c tafe. The forfeiture of his estate Is not s l secret. But to business, my friend, t iVhen shall we set out?" "Tomorrow," answered Lindsay. "We f nust travel cautiously, and amongst I ?ur friends." t "This disguise has served me so far," c aid Tyrrel. "I may the better trust I! o It when In your company." e Mildred and Henry remained In the c >arlor, and were there when Lindsay a ind his guest, having terminated their 1* iccret conference, returned to the louse. a "Your cheek denies your customary v toast of good health. Miss Lindsay" t aid Tyrrel, respectfully approaching x he lady, and with an air that seemed t o indicate his expectation of a cold re- c leptlon. "It grieves me to learn that, x it a time when all good men are re- s olcing In the prospect of peace, you g hould not be In a condition to share a he common pleasure." r "I think there Is small occasion for c ejolclng In any quarter," replied MUIred, calmly. t "Miss Lindsay would, perhaps, be 1 nterested to hear," said Tyrrel, not c llscomflted by the evident aversion of t he lady, "that I have, within a few p lays past, left the headquarters of the p irltish army, where I was enabled to s ;lean some particulars of a friend of d iers, Major Butler, of the Continental ervice." s Mildred colored, as she said in a r alnt voice, "He is my friend." a "He has been unfortunate," continued r 'yrrel, "having fallen Into the hands s if some of our skirmishes. But I be- o leve I may assure Miss Lindsay that t ie la both safe and well. He enjoys he reputation of being a brave gentle- a nan. I may be permitted to say, tHat t lad his destiny brought him under othr colors, I should have been proud to d >e better known to h'lm." I "Major Butler chooses his own col- |i >rs," said Henry, interposing. "I don't f hink destiny had much to do with it. g Ie took his side because they wanted nen to help out a brave war." u Lindsay frowned, and strode once or 5 wlce across the apartment during r rhlch an embarrassing silence prevail- r * *: - t "You are the same cockerel you al- 5 rays were, Henry," said Tyrrel, with c indaunted playfulness; "always warm a or the fight. But it is a Christian f Iuty, you know, to be peacemakers in g uch times as these. We may trust a diss Lindsay, that some conciliatory jpirit shall arise to quell the quar- $ elsome humors of the people, and bring 11 things back to tranquillity. For c nyself, I devoutly wish It." a ?trr*U,, "ttoVi n unlrlt <1nay nnt *. 1 iic utiy L%Ji duvu a opu ?. v.w? **w. t eem to be at hand," said Mildred, ^ luletly rising to withdraw. a "You are not well, my daughter," In- ( erposed Lindsay. "Mildred Is but teently from A sick bed," he continued, ddres.slng Tyrrel, in the way of apolgy for her marked coldness of de- ^ (teanor. "1 am not well, father," replied Milred. "I must be permitted to leave ou;" and she now retired. When Henry soon afterwards Joined j ler, he found her agitated and excited. ^ "Better known to Arthur Butler!" j, he exclaimed, dwelling on the speech ^ f Tyrrel. "He is better known already ( han he dreams of. Think, brother, if the cool hypocrisy* of this bold ( chemer?this secret disturber of the ^ lulet of our house?that he should lare boast to me of Arthur's bravery." f "And to tulk about his colors too!" ( aid Henry. "Did you mark sister. iow I set him do*n?in spite of my ather's presence? And did you see iow his brow blanched when I spoke ^ ny mind to hint? He will find me too ' lot n cockerel, as he calls me, to ven- ' ure upon our colors again. I hold no enns with him, sister, more than yourelf." "You will excuse me to my father, lenry, I will not go In to dinner tolay." 1 "I wondered." replied Henry, "that 'ou met him at all. sister; but he took is unawares. And, truly, I don't think t would be safe to bring you near him ' igaln. So I advise you, keep your ?om. As for me?tut! I am not afraid o meet him. I warrant he gets his r iwn upon occasion!" "I entreat you, Henry," said Mildred, to guard your temper; It would give 's ?ur father pain to hear a rash speech rom you. It would answer no good v >nd." "I will be as circumspect, Mildred ' is the state of the war requires," an- ' iwered Henry. "Fight when it Is nec- 0 ssary, and he silent when we can't c itrlke.;* Henry now left his sister and went * o his usual occupations. Mildred, In accordance with the pur- 1 >ose expressed to her brother did not ' ippear at the dinner table: and the ' lay was passed, by Lindsay and Tyr el. in close communion over the topics ' connected with the object of the enter- ' wise in which they were about to em- 1 >ark. Tyrrel had seen enough to convince him that he might, at least for he present, abandon all effort to win Mildred's good opinion; and his whole houghts were now bent to bring Llndlay Into such an attitude of hostility o the republican authorities as would nevitably lead to his removal from he state and perhaps compel him to etlre to England. Either of these vents would operate to the a^vantige of the aspiring and selfish policy )>' which Tyrrel hoped to accomplish lis object. In the course of the evening Lindsay leld a short Interview with his chiliren. in which he made known to them hat affairs of importance were about :o call him away, for a fortnight perlaps, from the Dove Cote. It was in rain that Mildred endeavored to turn lim from his purpose, which, though mdivulged to her, she conjectured to >e, from Its associations with Tyrrel, iome sinister political move of which ier father was to be the dupe. In accordance with Lindsay's Intinatlon he and Tyrrel set out, at an >arly hour of the following day, on heir Journey towards the low country. TO BE CONTINUED. -?fadinn. Z"" " * "" 3" "if NEW SOURCE OF RUBBER. disclosed By the Death of a Shropshire Ram. A $500 Shropshire ram died out in Colorado. Ordinarily the death of even 10 aristocratic an animal would not be >f national note, but In the present initance It seems to have opened a way o breaking the rubber trust. A man at Durango, Col., had a big lock of sheep and a year ago sent to England for a high grade ram. The >rute came In due course In a glass :ase. He was turned loose to pick a Iving from between the rocks, and presently existence palled on him. He beame homesick, worried lost apetlte, ind died. B?lng a noble beast of his clnd, he was honored with an autopsy. In his stomach was found a remarkible accumulation of a certain kind of eeed that the common or garden sheep lad been eating with difficulty, but vhlch seemingly had been too much for he imported ram. This weed is very :ommon In that country, and had always been despised. Investigation howed that In various stages of digestion It had filled the sheep's stomich, and in the last stage It looked like ubber. Analysis showed that It was rude rubber. The ram was burled with honors, and he stomach was sent away for further nvestlgatlon. As a result sixteen tons if the curious weed were gathered, and ?clng boiled down and subjected to a >rocrsj approximating as nearly as osslble to that of digestion In a heep's Insldes turned out some hunIreds of pounds of good rubber. This week a man came here with ectlons of garden hose, rubber shoes, ubber heels, rubber balls, packings for team engines, etc.. all made of the ubber boiled out of this weed. He hnwfd them, toeether with samples <t the rubber weed, on a long table In he house corridor. Members and senators gathered bout and heard with the greatest Inerest the tale of the ram that had died n an elastic cause. There was no loubt about the rubber. It was as good ?ara rubber as ever a naked heathen ugged out of the wilds of the upper Imazon and traded for jumping jacks. Ilded ornaments and glass beads. Accordingly a monument was placed ?ver the ram's grave and a company of Michigan men was Incorporated to nake the rubber. They took up the natter of getting land and the secreary of agriculture recommended that ,500 acres be turned over to the con.ern for use In developing the plant ,nd opening an experimental manuacturlng business. The man with the garden hose and things was their gent. The bill has already been retorted out of committee and without loubt, will pass. The company will proceed at once In o-operatlon with the department of griculture to develop the plant. Horicultural experts will be assigned to leveiop its rubber producing qualities nd a factory will be built.?Washlngon correspondence Boston Herald. ARMADA FOR JAPAN. 'remendous Merchant Marine Now Being Built In Her Shipyards. Consul General Rodgers In a retort from Shanghai on Japan's merhant marine and Japanese activity n shipbuilding, presents Interesting letails of the steps being taken to tulld a great commerce, says a Washington special to the New York Jlobe. He points out that It Is not alone in salt water that Japan Is making u-r advance, but that she Is al*so laying marked attention to developnent for the river traffic In the Chllese Interior. On the great Yangtse Iver, plans are being carried out for i large Japanese fleet and upon the smaller rivers and canals as well, imall towing launches and lorchas ire being used to a large extent at langchow, Soochow, Hoochou and ither canal cities, and It is understood that small Japanese coasting hips will ply to places like Ningpu. The Chinese not only offer no Imledlment to these plans for conquest if the river traffic of China; on the ontrary. they appear to welcome hem. Mr. Rodgers points out that Ihanghal Is to be the Chinese base or Japanese shipping and that aclvlty there is especially marked. <ob and Mojl will be made their freat shipping ports In Japan. Our consul general declares that :eml-ofllcial advices are to the effect hut every port touched by Pacific vaters will soon be reached by Japitiese vessels. It Is known that a ine from Hongkong to Australia via Manila will soon be developed Into i rival of Importance of the trans-pa Iflo lines. In the meantime the ship lullding companies of Japan are tuilding new vessels, repairing old mes, altering captured crafts In ev ry way preparing to adapt everyhlng I hey have afloat to the new leld of Japanese endeavor. "If half that is told of Japanese ntentlons as to merchant marine Is rue." says Mr. Rodgers, "then an acivity will ensue on the Pacific ocean vhlch will astonish the world. It is oo late this year to get the full development, but one year from now, in less unforeseen causes intervene, here will be a wonderful Japanese leet afloat, and every one of the naions which have practically monop>l!zed the sea traffic in the orient will lave to look to their laurels." The shipyards of Jupan, -says the tame report, are the busiest places in he east today. The tonnage being prepared for service is enormous, and he work goes steadily on. Inspecion of the sailing lists of the great Ines shows that not a route has been 'orgotten. t9 After a man has acquired a ceraln amount of wisdom he would rather add to It than make a display of vhat little he has. 9 re V TILLMAN ON THE DISPENSARY Senior Senator Issues Promised Address to the People. URGES RETENTION OF STATE NONOPLY Situation Considered Principally From a Political Standpoint?Well Known Views and Desires Reiterated In Full; But no Special Contribution of New Light?Brice Law Election Returns Compared With Figures of Primary?People Did Not Mean What They Said When They Abotiahed Diapenaariee?Men Who Sought the Abolition of the State Machine Should be Left at Home. Senator Tillman's promised address to the people of the state on the dispensary situation appeared In the afternoon papers of last Saturday and the gnornl igr papers of Sunday. The full text of it Is as follows: Fellow Citizens: It is only from a sense of the highest public duty that I feel called upon to address you at this time. Burdened as I am with national concerns nothing but obligations to the people induce me to take upon my shoulders the additional work of directing your attention to matters afTectlng the state alone. But I have never felt or believed it to be the wish and intention of the people of South Carolina that my election to the senate should cause me to lose all interest and concern about home affairs. I was a citizen and taxpayer before I ever held any office at all and I will be a, citizen and taxpayer after I shall cease to hold office. Therefore, it is unnatural and Improper from my point of view forme to take no interest and have no thought about what is going on in South Carolina. I have received a great deal of advice recently from the newspapers of our state to the effect that I should attend to my duties in Washington and leave others to discuss the direct affairs at home. The common trend of all of this advice is. that I should discuss national questions In the coming state campaign, be re-elected to the senate, with or without opposition, and not stir up strife. I am warned and threatened should I not heed this counsel, but In spite of it all I feel compelled to speak to the people with my usual frankness and bluntness and let them determine the whole question. I have never sought to dictate to the people; I have only told them the truth as I see it, given my opinions for what they were worth, and I am always willing to abide by their action whatever that may be. It is so in this Instance. It gives me no concern that my return to the senate may be Jeopardized. There are things more to be dreaded than the loss of a seat'in the senate, one is the loss of my own selfrespect. I have been trusted by the people of South Carolina and have been honored by them far beyond my deserts, have been chosen as their leader and been followed loyally. Now, If after sixteen years I should from selfish motives betray their confidence and allow ambition to draw me aside from the path of duty. I should deserve and expect to receive their contempt and punishment at the polls. I, therefore, scorn all suggestions of cowardly non-Interference In state affairs. The people know me too well to be fooled by the assertion that it is my desire to boss or dictate for my sole purpose Is to give them the benef\Js of my experience and knowledge and offer such advice, as In my Judgment, will be conducive to the public welfare. ' Then I will abide cheerfully by whatever conclusion they may reach. "Teach the people and trust the people," was Jefferson's motto; teach the people and trust the people is equally my motto and that is all I shall attempt to do at this time. The Resolution of 1890. Sixteen years ago there was a resolution In South Carolina which gave the common people of the state for the first time In Its history that recognition which was their due and made them In reality the masters of our public affairs. The old ring was overthrown; the primary system which gave every man, however poor and humble, an equal vote with every other man however rich and high followed; the new state constitution gave us temporary Immunity from negro domination; the m r\f rllantiualnn In all UlIIIV/01 i i cruuiii wi u*ovu?u.v? ... w.. political activities was assured; and under these new impulses the state has bou.ided forward like a race horse along all progressive lines. There are not wanting however, indications that sinister influences are at work and that a few men are seeking to obtain practical control of the state government and to dominate in our affairs. The corporations have not regained the sway which they once held but are gradually getting more and more influ. nee and direction in our politics. Th< re are evidences of more than "incipient rottenness" in the state and if the schemes of certain men are not thwarted In the coming primary election, It will be only a short time before another "state ring" will have full sway In our affairs with its headquarters in the state newspaper office in Columbia. There are several things In connection with our state government that I will discuss in the coming campaign, but in this address I shall treat of only two of the things the people of the state should earnestly consider now and take immediate action about. One is the settlement of the whisky question and the other is the control of the Democratic party of the state by a majority of all of the Democrats rather than by a small fraction of the voters. The two ideas are inter'ocked and cannot be separated and, therefore, I shall treat them together. The Whisky Question. At this time by elections held under the Brlce act. fifteen counties in the state are enjoying the blessings of prohibition. (Two have always been dry.) No whisky can be lawfully sold within their borders. But any citizen living In those counties has only to keep his eyes open and look around him to see what the results have been. First, let every man who reads a newspaper printed In those counties search Its columns and see the advertisements of whisky houses outside of the state and then let him go to the express offices along the lines of the railroads and see how much liquor is being dally brought Into these seventeen counties. Then let the citizen follow up this liquor and find out who is drinking it, but before doing that turn to the editorial pages of the newspapers and see the constant Illusions to the "blessings of prohibition," "quietude," "freedom from drunkenness," "peace and good order" that are proclaimed. Of course, there are exceptions to this bright and beautiful picture as shown In the news Items about the recent murder in a blind tiger In Greenville followed by a similar occurrence In Columbia but upon Ux> whole a man woultf be very much odlfled to know how much money flows Into the coffers of these journals from the whisky ad vertlsements, while the same papers are exploiting prohibition and sobriety. Liquor Through Exprsss. A little calm consideration without bias or prejudice will soon convince a man of ordinary sense that the whisky traffic now as compared with the whisky traffic under the dispensary, is something like this: Liqu >r used to be sold by the pint and quart mainly through the dispensaries; it Is sold now through the express offices by the gallon and keg. while the retailing is done by the drink almost everywhere as In the good old barroom days. The moonshiners arp of course getting In their work unmolested. There may be less drunkenness, though I doubt it, under the present regime than there was under the dispensary, but what is the actual condition? The poor man cannot get his liquor from Georgia or North Carolina, but must buy from the fellow who brings it in by express /* fV* A (MAAnaklnAi* toVIA na/4 H1 aa V/I ilVJUl kite IllUVIIillllllCI T? **v |/WV(*VW It about the country. The rich man / haa no such trouble and It makes littie difference to him whether the' " supply comes from the dispensary or " . the express office. How was this situation brought about? Is it by the direction or under the orders of the whole Democratic party? Oh, no! , Did It come to pass by the votes of the prohibitionists? No. How then? The three elements opposing the dispensary, prohibitionists, high license men and moonshiners or blind tigers, all combined to vote the dispensary out. To make this the more clear I have prepared a table which will be understood at a glance by any man who reads It, which will show conclusively this fact: that a majority of the Democratic voters in no one county declared against the dispensary system and that this prohibition which we now have in these fifteen counties Is in no sense the will of the democracy. Why didn't the people vote at these elections under the Brice law? The answer is easy. Many of then could not because they were not qualified electors and more of them would not, because they were disgusted by the mismanagement and corruption which have been shown to exist in the state dispensary. Special dispensary elections under the Brice act: \ \ : I S O ? Sfc coun,y- I H 3 :g I 9 o H Union 412 761 1,178 2,664 Newberry .... 376 845 1,221 2.611 Marion 281 1,148 1,426 8.266 York 131 725 866 1,168 Horry 322 854 1,176 2.663 Lancaster .... 126 666 1,082 2,&7 Florence 743 688 1,881 2,366 Darlington ... z?i osv ??* a,wo Oconee 86 667 768 8.918 Spartanburg .. 416 2,114 2,630 7,080 Greenville .... 383 868 1,241 6,767 Anderson 719 1,148 1,867 6 663 F&irfleld 374 206 679 1.674 Edgefield .... 198 426 623 1,780 Saluda 238 371 609 1,966 Williamsburg. 447 688 1.036 3,166 Laurens 772 818 1,690 3,194 Totals .... 6,316 13,800 20,116 64,730 The above table shows that less than one* half of the people voted, while only one-fourth of them were in favor of no dispensary These are the official figures obtained from the office of the secretary of state in Columbia and from the records of the Democratic state committee. Here is another table which I have prepared which it is also well for every taxpayer and father to study: Net profits from dispensary for fiscal year ending November 30, $906. g& County ?| -gf... ?- |&! * ?c Saa ? Anderson . 32,798.63 4,620.76 37,419.39 Darlington 14,764.44 2,029.68 16,784.02 Edgefield .. 6,364.19 2,682.09 8,936.28 Greenville 34,633.46 4,371.62 38,906.08 Horry .... 3 822.74 4,223.13 8,046.87 Lancaster ..10,667.36 3,004.66 13,661.92 Marlon ....16,669,30 3,169.69 18,828.89 Newberry .. 7,838.44 2,424.33 10,262.77 Oconee .... 7,739.68 2,796.03 10.636.71 Saluda 3.678.80 2.968.60 6.647.40 Pickens .. 2.270.18 1.971.32 4,241.60 Spartanb'g 31.600.22 6,330.19 36,930.41 Union ....12.825.26 2,181.86 15,007.12 York 3,694.60 3,543.35 7,137.85 $188 137.20 $45,207.01 233,334.21 The above amounts of profits only show the money received by the counties. An equal amount went into the town treasuries, so that Instead of being $188,000, it is double that or $376,000 and the grand total would be $<21,000 for these fourteen counties. This sum represents profit alone. A great deal more than this Is being sent out of the state to pay for liquor now coming in by express. We have all of the evils of liquor drinking and none of the benefits, but if the people are satisfied. that is their business. Dispensary Against the Field. Having studied these two tables, I desire to direct attention to these points: The elections under the Brlce act and under which the people are now living, have in no sense settled the question In those counties. Unless our people nave iosi an capacity iur self-government and are no longer able to think and act for themselves, they will see to it that strong, honest, reliable men are nominated In each county ? for the legislature and that each candidate that does not pledge himself to carry out the will of the majority of the people In regard to whisky shall be defeated. The blind tigers, the barroom element and prohibitionists will doubtless all combine and support antl-dlspensary candidates as they have hitherto done for they will hardly put up candidates pledged to their several policies. It is therefore the dispensary against the field and the only complication likely to cause trouble Is the division among the dispensary advocates of those who want each county tp buy liquor for Itself and of those who think It can be more cheaply and honestly done through the state dispensary There Is therefore danger of the dispensary forces being divided Into two factions and of the advocates of the county dispensary system aligning themselves with the other three elements. State vs. County Dispensary. Let us consider for a moment the relative advantages and disadvantages of county dispensaries, and the state dispensary. I declare most emphatically my belief- that by proper changes In the law along the lines suggested In the Raysor-Manning bill that all possibility of stealing and bribery in the purchase of whisky for the state can be prevented and It stands to reason that if liquor Is purchased at wholesale by one board, shipped by the car load, and bottled at one establishment that there will be a great saving In the expense. The county dispensaries would have no facilities for handling the whisky, but IfUVlTl^ it 11 01 turn uui ui tuiiaiuciaiiuki the one crucial test of the relative merits of the two systems, state dispensary or county dispensaries, is simply this: If we cannot by laws so hedge about and control one state board as to prevent stealing, how in the name of common sense will we be able to watch and prevent thirty or forty boards from doing it? Because the retiring state board and Its predecessors have engaged In questionable practices and was guilty of such mismanagement and malfeasance In office, is no argument to show that the law cannot be changed so as to destroy all opportunity for such practices. No law will execute itself and when those charged with the execution of the law fall utterly and [Continued on Second Page.]