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^?^^^?ffTE?-WATCHMAN E?ta>>tMi?d April, 1830. '?- **Be Just awi F?ar not-Let all the Ends then Ai&s't at be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " THK TKUK SOUTHKON, Established jul3c, :s6-> Kl?fe^aied ??s. 2, 1881."} SUMTER S. C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 25, 1888. New Serie^-VoL TO So. 36. ???V:??-^ffft? - . TERMS : & ?^:0?B?r? per aoottin.-in advanoe. ??fr?r^r sn/eseqjien? inser tion.,. 50 > P^^^triicia fdr three months, or longer will ?^^??iat?e at reduced rates. :^Q|^iat^B<6oA5 which eubserve private ' . totere?? wx? Recharged for as advertisements. ^vj>jtftitt^>TVii^- tributes of respect will be ^W?olute^Pure. '>0;;-^?^-'po?der~'n?ver Taries^ A marvel of parity,: strength ?ad wholesomeness. More <ecoo?pweaj;thaa the ord ina ry kinds, and. ca n notnc sold io. competition with tbe multitude p;-??-l?stest,-snort weighty alum or phosphate 0?wm*lt*. S?& onUf jasjxxxi. 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If yon irfm xa* inTwntkm te patent wnte to Sitan, A Cowpabtixber* of Seien tine American. Mt Broadwaar. Kew fork. BaadBbootofroat r^tuntt m?f M frtt. SE^LY'S EMULSION -OF GOD LIVER OIL AND This preparation contain? seveoty-f?ve per cent, of Perre Cod Liver Oil, and one drachm each of the Hypopbosphiies of Lime and Soda, tsaking it one of the roost agreeabie prepara? tions of the kyed k^owo to the medical faculty. > A tablespoonful contains two grains each of the Ey pop hosp b i ;es. ? Prepared only by GILBERT S. SEAL?, Dec-7 Pharmaceutic*] Chemist, SUMTER, C. S. . ALL ABOARD! FD& THE CELESTIAL CITY ? ALL RIG?T? KOW! We would be glad to help you on ?he way rejoicing, by supplying you with a choice Family Bib ie, any style and price: twenty-two dollys, down to a complete, substantial, and bean tito! B?f?le for only three dollars aad fifty cents. My addres?, Ma>esvi!Ie, S. C. Yonts faithfuilv, HARVEY v7. BAKER. ; Dec 21, o_ BE COMFORTABLE. GO TO THE SUMTER COTTON FACTORY, AND BUY FOR CASH, Cotton Batting ffiatresses, srom S3-50 to S10.00. Satisfaction guaran? teed or money refunded. . Sample and full information at store of Treasurer, A. Moses. D. JAMES- WINN, March 21 - President. What to Bey, ?nd where to ?et T. and nam ir:- iow?^t M*Wf? V^f?sS&^l*?? 1(i<^ts worth of b^dil -- VICK, SEfa>SMAwr^ ? ?ocheaeer W- Y+ \ ?PAIN^SSrCHILI)BIRTB ? HOW A<XOKi>U?ZJnX Evfry lady xhouU know. Hflpi?temp. BAKER B?M- CC>.Xor ?< ^uffak^.y. VKERSlAre BLOOM, Best CcaplexiO Seau ? Stad?tw?^wrtrial pscke^^d?^^'ab^r11" s THE PASSING OF IIA Y. BT HOBEST SCR>E vrasos. The spring-time dream mast pass away, The sommer comes so -soon ; And now the languid, lovely May Leans on the heart of Jane. j Half-buried in her sunny head IQ that broad, teeming breast ; . As one who dies vet is not dead She smiles in conscious rest. Long-Hngeriog in the fields to glean The souls of &ded flowers, And whispering io each woodland green The memories of past boors Slow-stealing on ?oft rustling wings, With many a tender sigh, The West-wind spirit comes, and brings Her sommons fro ra the sky. The colorea des not from ber cheek Whick feels hi* fragrant breath, Nor does she weep to bear htm speak The words that tell of death. That wavering song !-ah, well she knows The robin's trembling note! She turns to kiss the full-blown rose That June wears at ber throat. She smiles farewell to slope and dell And river's dimpled sheen, And from the 6elds that loved her well She wanders forth a o seen. The moontaio pinks begin to pine, And, where her footsteps wound, The sweet blossoms pf the eglantine - Fell showering to the ground. And yet-the babbling Wind, since then, flato" oft Deeo beard to say, 'Twas love, not death, be whispered wheo He won tie sou! of May. # Judge Schofield, now on the bench of the Supreme Conrt of Illinois, is said to be the coming man for Chief Ju>tice. in the place of the late Harrison R White. It is estimated that within a week Edgrfield will have not less than fifty candidates. The county Democratic convention will he held on the first Mon? day in May James H. Tillman, the oldest- son of Congressman Tillman, has been appoint? ed to thousand dollar positon in the navy pay office, "Washington. Tue State agricultural department in? timates that of the cotton crop of 1*87, five percent., or about oO^OOO bales, was in the hands of farmers on the 1st of April. < Commissioner Butler bas^ been noti? fied that carp are being caught in the Pee Dee river in Darlington county Some of the fish weigh eight pounds Carp were planted io the Pee Dec four years.ago by the department. Senator Chandler has introduced ? bi 1 to compel the immediate payment of the war taxes levied upon the Southern Staten in 1861. and to add thereto 5 per ceet. per annum from the date ou which taxes become due. Greenville has about completed ar? rangements for the erection of an ex tensive phosphate mil! on the banks of the Reedy River. The - mill will be capable of turning -out $5(10,000 worth of commercial fertilizers a year Jay Gould has ordered tfiat his steam yacht, Atlanta, be dismaotlt-d and the crew * dismissed. His recent Mediter? ranean trip was cot entirely satisfactory, and besides he is tired of paying ?100, 000 a year for yachting. Roscoe Conkling refered to Hayes as a fraud. Blaine as a criminal and John Sherman as a thief He was outspoken always and honest He sternly refused to assist io ?fee fraudulent ceremonies of seating Hayes io his stolen seat. FlorenceHas bought a beautiful pair of horses Tocher famous Hope fir? en? gine They cost ?540 and are Ken? tucky bred and raised, stand seventeen bauds high, and are five and six vears old. The Hon. Samuel S. Cox has intro duced io the House of Representatives a bill providing for tbe/^nsus which is to be taken two years from' next June Tbe first amount appropriated is ?6. 000.000. Miss Hampton, daughter of Wade Hampton, of South Carolins, has joined the ranks of professional nurses in New York. She is said-to be uousuallv ca? pable, and when sbe^nishes her course here will return to the-South, where she will not only practice her profession, but instruct others io the art of nursing. -Harper's Bazar. Samuel F leering, an old blind man j representing himself to be a wealthy j cattle owner from the West, wa* mar? ried in Atlanta last week to Sallie Anghtmao, a pretty girl of seventeen Ha has also been arrested for bigamy on a telegram from Effingham, Ills . where he is said to have a wife living. Six cotton factories are in progress of building in Spartanbur^ county ; two j big ones are being built * Anderson, ?just across from the Greenville line, and j W3 have one says the Greenville News, j nearly completed in the city. That makes a total of nine new factories be? ing built, in addition to eleven, we be? lieve, already in operation, within forty . miles of Greenville city. ! The Mormons are getting in their J dirty work on the Northeast side of i the county. Mrs. Catharine Todd has j sold ber land to Mrs Barker and j together with her four children, two of I whom have families, and John and ! Robert Wilson, left the county for Colorado Valley, a Mormon settlement on Monday last. The two last mention? ed persons will return next fall for th'*ir families. There were fifteen persons io ! the crowd.-Keoicee Courier. There never wa3 a better time than J right now for all Southern towns to ? make known what advantages they j possess or offer for the location of mauu I facturing enterprises. Spend a little j money and get one. ]>oo't confine your j representaren? to platitudes about salu i brious climate, mineral wealth, etc., but j tell where you are, how you can bc ? gotton at. and what you are willing to i do. Every town can't have a cotton I factory or smelting furnace, but it can j i have something.-Dixie j Mr. George Allen, of Montmorency | Aiken County, died on the 1st inst from starvation. For a long time he had been a great sufferer with a com? plaint of the stomach, and everything that be ate gave him intense p;?in. He undertook'to starve out the disease, and for over five weeks nothing but water entered bis mouth. On the thirty ee- r>oth day be become unconscious, and food and stimulants were given bim, but he was too far gone and died two days later. He thought that a fast of forty days would cure hisdiscasc. Tlie Catawba Indians. from thc YorkxilU Enquirer. In searching into the history of ibo Catawba Indians, I can find on?y one instance Mentioned where they fought against the Carolinians, and that was in the great Yaraassee war. of 1715. With this exception, tfeey have fought bravely for ike Carolinians. When Col. John Barnwell marched against the Tuscaroras, in North Carolina, forty-one Catawba warriors accompa? nied him. When the fierce Chero? kees, under the leadership of Deco noatota and other kindred spirits, were waging their bloody war with the Carolina settlers, the Catawbas rallied around the standard of the pale faces and helped them fight against the Cherokees. During the dark days of the Revolutionary strug? gle, the Cherokees, wirft whetted tomahawks, again rushed down npon the ..aroliniaus, but the Catawbas were their steadfast fiieods, ?nd it is said that no Indians of this tribe were ever found in a British Camp, nor were any of them tories. During the Confederate war the remnant of the Ca Law bas offered to fight with the Carolinians, as their ancestors had done in the Revolution, They did fight ; some of them bled and died for the Confederate cause. Th mas Morrison, the present Chief? tain of th? Catawba?, we are informed, was a scout in the Southern army. Thus we see that the Catawbas have fought for South Carolina in two Indian wars, in the Revolution and again in the Confederate war, and only in one war did they fight against the Carolinians. 1 have read exten? sively about the North American In? dians, but I do not remember to have read of another Indian tribe who have been as firm friends to the Americans as the Catawbas have been. If they were of a northern tribe, their almost uniform friendship would be largely dwelt upon in State history, and sketches of their deeds and devotion would appear in the magazines ; but being a ?o ahern, especially a South Carolina tribe, our State historians have never mentioned, them as they deserved, and our people do not ap? preciate their history. How many people in the State know that they fought with the Carolinians against the Cherokees and the British ? Very few, outside of York County, unless it is some Confederate soldier, are aware of the fact tbat they wer?? roi diers under the 'Stars and Bars' of the Southern Confederacy. MCDONALD F?RMAN. Ramsey, Sumter County, S. C. --mat* .??*>. ? South Carolina's First Wo? man Candidate * . Miss Eliza Garner, a Union County school teacher, is a candidate for School Commissioner, and makes the following formai announcement in the Union Tim?s : I lespectfully announce myself a candidate for the office of School Com missioner. Z propose to give $600 worth of school books to the children of the public schools if I am elected I have the leisure, and shall consider it a conscientious duty to give most of my time and the means which the office affords for the cau*e of educa tion. 1 have been teaching in the dis? trict public schools for ten years. I have visited a number of i^tate and County Normnis, and I understand the new and superior methods of graded teaching. I have read the school law of this State many times, and I believe that ' 1 am competent iu every respect to manage the busiuess of the office. lu behalf of the many children that have no other means tor education, 1 trust the voters will give me the office. lu behalf of the many children growing up in neglect and ignorance, 1 ask the voters of Union tu give me their votes that I may take the school money and educate the children I ask their prayers that I may be strengthened to do the work. Most sincerely ELIZA A. GARNER. mm i < t ? -i The Prohibition Party in South Carolina. COLUMBIA, S. C . April 7.-Leading Prohibitionists in this State are prepar? ing to take steps for effecting an organ? ization in line with the National Prohi? bition party. The movement is the outgrowth of the correspondence re? cently conducted by John Lloyd Thomas, Secretary of the National Pro? hibition Bureau. Hundreds of earnest temperance people io South Carolina have read the letters as printed in the Voice, and the matter has been the sub? ject ot more thought than has ever before been given it in this State. Al? though no call for a convention bas been issued yet, it is believed the sen? timent exists for .the creation of the or? ganization, wanted Among those prominently interested are L B Haynes, of this city, H. F. Cbreitzberg head of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars, and J. 0. A. Moore, and D. F. Witherspoon, of Charleston -The Voice, National Pro? hibition Organ. - ? mt^m ??.. -<B^?^ A Washington correspondent says: "There has been a great deal of talk among Senators and Representatives with reference to the proposition of making the 13th of April, a na? tional holiday and a day of general cele? bration. On this day, in 1818, the present form of the United StateB flag was adopted by Congress. That day was the first, time it was hoisted on the Capitol. It was designed by Commo? dore C. Reid, who fought the memo? rable battle of Fayl, in Septcmper, 1814, as commander of the brig of war Gener? al Armstrong, against the forces of a large British squadron. It was the most heroic and the last battle fought on the seas with England." If the gov? ernment is collecting swords, this ts a good one to get. 'Dr. J. W. Lee said in a sermon a few Sundays ago that the reason the lions didn't eat Daniel when he was cast into their den was that he waa two thirds backbone and the rest pure grit/ What will wc have next ? 4 Our State Contemporaries. Assessing Property. Picken* Sentinel. If Auditor A. W. Jooes, of Abbe? ville, can assess banks at their true money cash value, why cao he not put down Abbeville's horses, mules and lands at their true cash value ? Why cannot all the auditors do the same? There is no sense or justice in assessing one hundred dollars worth of property at a $100.00 merely because it beloDgs to a bank, and then putting down a hundred dollars worth of personal prop? erty nett to it at fifty dollars, because it d*>es not belong to a bank. If they simply do right all the way through, nobody will be bart. But if bank prop? erty is assessed right, and other prop? erty is not,' right will wrong a great many. Examine your books, brother Jon es. - Newberry Herald. The Georgia papers are discussing the propriety of Georgians erecting a monument to Alexander H. Stephens. Georgians should have erected this monument long ago. A writer in the Augusta Chronicle in urging the erec? tion of this monument hopes thereby to stimulate the youth of our land to a study of his life and character, and hopes they may adopt as the guidiug principle of their lives that sentiment expressed by him in a speech delivered by him in August in 1883, when he said : *I am afraid of nothing on earth, or above the earth, o- under the earth, but to do wrong. The path of duty I shall endeavor to travel, fearing no e il, and dreading no consequences. I would rather be defeated in a good cause than to triumph in a bad one ' Only that more of our young men would adopt these sentiments, and fear to do wrong, aud prefer what the world calls defeat in a good cause, rather tbnu to triumph io one that was questionable We need more men who are afraid ro do wrong, and who will dare to do right de*pi*e the consequences. We some? times fear there is too much 'policy* amongst good m co, a kind of compro? mise, as it were Mr. Clemson and His Noble Be? quest Keoxcee Courier. The papers furnish additional partic? ulars of the very liberal bequest of Col. Thomas G Clemson, of Fort Hill, in Oconee County for the purpose of founding an Agricultural College. Col. Clemson, who was a native of Pennsyl? vania, bad long been connected with the Southern people by family and other ties. He bad for many years been zealously working to accomplish everything in bis power for the henefit of the farmers and his countrymen cf every avocation in lifo. He was emi? nently practical in hts efforts to elevate .the working men of the country, and the founding of an institution, such as he bas done, bas been the gt eat work of the last twenty years of bis ii fe Some of the newspapers at a distance seem to take pleasure tn heralding forth that Col. Clemson was a recluse, with? out interest in the affairs of the country. No greater mistake could have been rr-de Col Clemson was a man of great iudustry and eminently practical iu the affairs of life His large accu? mulation of property ought to close the mouths cf these croak eis There is a slight buzz of expectation ! iu the public mind that the will of Cot. j Clemson will be contested by hi- only j heir and grand-daughter. Miss Lee, of New York. We do not "give this ru? mor much credence, from the fact that ber grand-father made liberal provision for her iu his will, and that her father isa gentleman of high character and very large means Mr Lee is also identified with our section of the coun? try by marriage and other links of in? terest, which will, we are sure, stay his hand, and cause bim to foster aud cher? ish an institution which will reflect i great credit and honor upon his family aud beuefit and renown upon the coan try. - Greenville Xews. There is no foundation that we can discover for the report that Mr Lee in? tends to coutest the will of the late Thomas G. Clem-oo. bis father-in-law, by which the Fort Hill estate waa left, for ac agricultural college. Mr. Lee is i not a needy per>on and has long kuowu and. we understand, approved of Mr. Clemson's intentions regarding the property. - Pensions. Abbeville Medium. The office of the Comptroller Gen? eral bas beeu flooded with applications for pensions ls is truly astonishing i how many men claim to have been in- j capacitated for making a iive?ihojd by j reason of wounds received in the service ! of the Confederare States. lu the ! County of Spartauburg 206 applicants ! have already been sent forward. It ! don't stand to reason that there are so ' many perons io that county entitled to , relief under the act If other counties ! have the same number of pensioners iu proportion to population the law will j have to be repealed in order to save the j people from actual bankruptcy The design of the law was to help ! only such cases as may be in absolute j want. This condition must have arisen ! from wounds and not brougnt on by ' laziness or mismanagement. The loss of a limb does not necessarily imply j that a man cannot make a living. Toe ] ooe-armed man may belong to the pro- . fession of law. The tuan with one leg j may be a shoemaker and able to earn a j livelihood. The law did not contem- ; plate a bounty to any such men. The ! State is not able to meet such demands j as are now being made upon her treas? ury. If the law is not repealed it certainly must be made more stringent by amend? ment. We have no doubt the law has j already been abused. Lugubrious. John Esten Cooke, the author of sev? eral interesting novels and historical sketches, used the word 'lugubrious' so often that it became one ot the charac? teristic phrases in his writings. It is a good word and we find it comes in very handy in a great many instances. It is particularly convenient and appropriate when we have anything to say about Charleston. Our metropolis was 'lugu brtoDs' when there was talk of taking a census by which she would only get her j equal share of representation. She was 'lugubrious' when the phosphate monop? olists failed in getting the State to tar? over the phosphate business to five oom pa??es. She is more 'lugubrious' when her bankers are called upon to pay ao equal share of taxes on their money. The word means 'mournful7 and comes in nicely in almost any case where Charleston is concerned. Her 'lugubrious' experience in the Dudley insurance case is fresh in the minds of the people. Bat this is not as 'lugu? brious' as the condition of her bankers who talk of changing their investments, putting the surplus down as contingent accounts, quitting business, etc., io order to escape a fair and equal share of taxation. The word is a good one Sparlanburg Herald If the dispatch from Columbia to (he prohibition Voice stating that leading prohibitionists ia this State are taking steps to organize a third party in South Carolina be true, it is a ciase for un? mixed regret and affords but another example of the extrem* to which fana? ticism can carry its devotees ?n the North where it is a matter of mere expediency whether the republicans or the democrats are io power, people may follow a crotchet or amuse them? selves with third party projects. But the formation in South Carolina of a third party forces the supremacy of black radicalism or tbe return to fraud in elections Those who in their frantic ?eal for a single good, force this issue on our people, are enemies alike to morality, to civilization and to their State. - In the Hands of Capitalists. Union Tinta. It hag been rumored throughout the State that th*- World, a morning paper published at Charleston, bas been pur? chased by a cotupaoy of wealthy men and tn a few weeks will appear under new auspices, with W. A. Courtenay, formerly Mayor of Charleston's editor. How will the News aud Conner like r see its model Mayor and favorite can? didate for Governor posing before it daily to divide journalistic honors and ?moluments ? Columbia Register, April 21. Upon the return of the corporators of the World-Budget Company, a certificate of charter was yesterday issued from thf office of the Secretary of State. The entire amount of the capital stock. $25. 000, hail been subscribed and 40 per cent, paid in in cash. Francis S. Rod? gers. William A. Courtenay and Wm. E. Huger have been elected Director*. Francie S Rodgers is the President and Wai K Pelzer Secretary and Treas. "Zet every man ready ponder and tait comfort, for wc are all prisoners of hepe." "BILL ABP'S" JOY UPON HEADING MILLENNIAL DAWN. TIIK "PLAN OF THE AGES." FOOD AND COMFORT F02 ALL THIN KEES. HEAD HIS COMMENTS, [From Atlanta Constitution.] A kind lady has sent me a book of 350 pages called "Millennial Dawn," published by the Tower Publishing Co., in Pittsburg, Pa., which will, I believe, awaken the think? ing world. I see thai us sale is already over twenty-live thousand, lt is impossible to read this book without iov;ng the writer and pondering his wonocilul solution of the great mysteries that have troubled us all our lives. There is haidly a family to be found that has not lost some loved one who died outside the church-outsice the plan of salvation and if Calvinism bc true outside of all hope and in? side of ctemai torment and despair. Wc ^mother i-ur ?el in gs ;?nd turn away from thc ..o.ribic picture. We care not deny the ia.:h Jt our iaihers, and yet can ii be possible tba; ;.;e gco<i mother and her wandering child axe 1 lore ver separated-forever ana tore vcr? i behevc it is the rigidity of these tcaclvngs tiV.it tu??ke> atheists and inndcis and skeptics ?nak.es Christians unhappy and brings their ., ..y lu.rs down in sorrow lo thc grave-a . ..v. c?iiU?, a lost soul ! j.CL us Jre how many lost souls. Thc gcog ...? aeii give the woiid a present population ol iou Uv-u hundred mi ?bou, of whom only one u?aa:eu and sixteen million are Christians, th.ti.ia, wno live in Uuistian countries. Of .?J se, on.; sixteen million arc adult mem!>crs ji tile cnurch ; and ol these, about une million walk, not after the flesh but after the spirit, lhat is a Lcautimi picture.-Only one million A Veal-, good, pious Chi' s'.ian people in all the world, and thirteen hundred and ninety nine million? who are elected to be eternally damned. Acid to these ligures one hundred and forty- two billions, who have already lived an-.: died 111 the ages past, and if ail these axe liaumcd, it dues look, ?ike Ci? ?d's plan of salva? tion .v?sa inferable ladure. lie gets one seul ..?. g--.y ?vlu.e r>a:an captures thousands. i ms w.MU.clim book leaches thatttial is yet . . wi:;e-thu; ail are to lise lroin the dead .-.i.^ii Cliisst comes, that ile will oner His sal ?a ,011 io alt pvop.e ; not o.-.iy to the living, ?ut u> those who r.se from thc deed. His *iiij;?ivi?i win bc supported by the saints and yy good peojj.c everywhere, and the mother .vin nave Atiodier chance to reclaim her wan let ing chilli and bring him unto the kingdom, i Iiis wonderful book makes no assertions that tie not wed sustainer by thc Scriptures. It s Uu.lt up stone by stone, and upon every .tone is tne text, and it becomes a pyramid of J-Al's iovc, and mercy, and wisd? m. There s iioih ng in ih't Bible thal thc author denies x doa bis, but lhere a.e ninny texts that he .brows a flood 01 i.ghl up?.m that seems to un ;.'vcr ?ls dark and gloomy meaning. I see .hat editors of leading journals, and many vriliodo.x. ministers ol different denominations, nave indorsed it and have confessed lo this acw and comforting light thal has dawned J pon the interpretation of God's book. Then iel every mau read and ponder and take com? fort, for we are ali prisoners of hope. This s an age of advanced thought and more ! thinking is done than ever bet?re,-men dare :o tlv.nk now. Light-mote light, is the watchword. BILL ARP. j The tri:tbs set iii: tb in '.hr above dr*, ribed j work ??<> benclilied nut. so opened n>\ r-\\$ to G?i's grenf, j.-.-t. Icving, iv:sc plan, and so | njvncd thc l.iMe ??c?mc mc. that with others j wh . have read and been caused to M-C. 1 !?.:vc i cone ti-!e<' to sp?*?!?.! ?v.?r: means an?! strut;:}' as I i o?c-:s in p?>.vng this cup. of icfajJnVg truth '?> other, thirsty souls. To this ?no I am /turning this {>sok. : os inp- prepaid, lo ali who will promise a careful ic?ding of it and to pay return postage. The above came vol untar.lv and unexpectedly from Mr. "Arp's" pen after reading the book, srnt him by me, and is well matched by hundreds of ?etten from people in every stn rion of life. T want every intelligent, thinking man and woman to read the book, for ns "Arp" indy says, *' It is impossible to rend lins honk without loving thc author [Doubtless G.d through the writer was thc real Autk. KJ>{ the plan unfolded,] and pondering his wonderful s- lu tion of the grcal mysteries that have troubled BS all our lives." Address Itos. C. P. f.TMfELs; j Allegheny, Ta. BY CHARLES J. EEL LAM V. Copyrighted by the Author, : tad published Dy arrangement with Ima. CHAPTER XXVI. OKS SHORT HOUR. It was a week later that the Breton ba? rouche came over the brow of the hill toward Mr. Ellingsworttts house. The bay span never stepped so proudly, and certainly the gold plated trimmings on their harness never glittered so brightly before. As the carriage had passed through the lower village the fac? tory girls had all rushed to the vrindows to iee the mastor and his bride, and for the mo? ment the laborers on the foundations of the new mill stopped theil* work in one accord, and were all eyes till tho bridal couple were out of sight. Philip's face was fairly radiant with hope and love, and he could not teach his eyes to look anywhere but at Bertha. She glanced idly on either side, at the white gloved coachman on his high seat or at the prancing horses, anywhere but iuto the earn? est, tender face, which might have boon a constant reproach to her calm indifference. Clearly enough, the clouds that had settled to gloomily about his wedding :night had lifted; his love and the sweet reaiity of his present life and his new sense of duty toward tho woman who now called him husband, all helped him to put away her past, evon to its most terrible incident, and his healthful mental nature was rapidly building up a new lifo which should have no taint in at. Philip Breton made a noble lover. Perhaps it was because he was not a great man. He was not to wise but that he believed in the reality of the sunbeams poets rar .ke their lo v s songs of. He had many holy aspirations; he caught now and then glimpses of ideal beauty and truth. In some vague way he f ancied all these were realized in Bertha. In her he loved all the harmonies. In her he worshiped purity and charity and all the graces. As for Bertha, she continually found new lurprises in his gentleness and in his devo? tion-surprises partly because she forgo* them each time. She really wished he w ere not so devoted. She wished he did not make her feel as if she were forever posing in tab? leaux. She thought him inclined to be fool? ish, because he did not seem keen eyed ?nonghtoseo her most obvious faults-not magnanimous enough herself to understand that he looked at her through a halo of glory his love had put about her. In spite of her aelf he could see something beautiful and good in everything she could do or say. "We are just passing my heme,11 she said, a little petulantly; ''can't you see anything but mer "This is not your home now, my dear."' He j corrected her very gently. A* lie glanced J into the windows of the parlor where they had been married, Jane Elhngsworth's dark lace looked out at them, cruel and malevo? lent Philip started forward in his .seat. Why, no, he must have been wrong, the faco In the window was wreathed in the most channing sm i los. She even kissed her fingers to the bridal pair, and let a sheet of paper she had been holding flutter to the floor in her childlike enthusiasm. Bertha nodded coldly ; Philip lifted bis silk hat, and the car? riage passed out of sight Philip was too wiso to weary his wife just cow by showing her all the changes in his home, which would delight her so .much later. He knew by her drooping step, as she walked along the hall, that she was tired and would appreciate rest above all things. So he took her first to her own little sitting room, which he calle-i her boudoir. He had rather expected a little lighting up of her eye*, perhaps some pretty exclamation of pleasure. Possibly he had made an absurd artistic blunder. Could it be he had got the wrong shade of blue after alli She only thruw off her bonnet and sat down in the least inviting of the chairs without seeming to care to look about her at all. "You must be tired, Bertha," said Philip at last, tryiug to bide the disappointment that made his heart swell so painfully. "Won't you sit in the easy chair? I am sure you. will like it, though perhaps you would rather lie down." ?'Oh, ne, I am not tired,r she said, care? lessly, without turning her eyes to look at him where he stood, restlessly playing with the window curtains. He pulled roughly at them, he longed that montent to ruin tho beauty that had failed to please her. He could sot see where the fault was; the carpet was as thick and soft as a bed of violets, thc light seemed delicate almost as some perfume, but Bertha did not seem t > care for anything he had devised for her. She was going to .peak ; if she would only criticise, he would change everything again to win a smile o? approval from her. She might at least un? derstand how much be had tried to please her. "Where does that door openP "I will show you if yon are not tired,1* yet he dreaded to take her in that room, and see her as cold and indifferent as she was now, He felt it would break his heart. She rose to her feet and looked irv curiosity ot him as he took a key from his breast pocket and turned it in the lock. "Is it your treasure chamber f* '.Yes," he wluspered, and threw open tit door, and stood back for ber to enter. The room seemed as pure and white as if a thou? sand angels brooded over it with their snowy wings. Peace and holy rapture seemed breathing from the very walls, and the 3'oung bride felt a new timidity steal over her heart. She was awed indescribably in the temple of love he had made for her. Poor soul ! would there be but one true worshiperi "Come," she said, and she smiled more sweet? ly thau he had ever seen her. She held her hand out toward him, os he lingered on the threshold. He came and took her hand and then put his arm about her as she stood in exquisite pensiveness, struggling to take in the mean? ing of the place. She had cast her eyes down on thc carpet, which see med like the driven snow, sparkling with hail drops. The solemn beauty of her chamber subdued her like a child. "You would not dare to kiss me hore. Philip/' she said at last in a voice so gentle and thrilling, it seemed to his throbbing heart as if a new soul had been born within her. "It is so pare arni" But he drew hor unresisting form ir.to bb arms, and kissed her full eool lips again and again, and she did not stir on his shoulder, but lier great blue eyes look a startled re? proach at his ardor. "There is no placo too pure for the kisses I h:i ve for you.'1 There never will be an hour in Philip Breton's after life, when he shall not look back to this moment as worth all his agony, us the acme of his being, when thc cup of his happiness was full. Ancl who should over? turn il { Why should he not hold it to his ever thirsty lips forever, the well spring of bis love bubbling and sparkling forever within? Might not th? world,stand still awhile? Must it jostle him from his un wearyiug rapture, and pxish hfm on and on into* the barren desert of failure which awaits all mankind at List? The dinner l>ell tinkled invitingly, and the master and mistress of the fion.se came down together. At the door of the dining room stood the man servant salver in hand, and tho silk skirts of the lady of the house swept against lum as she passed in. Philip frowned fiercely at him, fur the usually most well be? haved an?l respectful waiter seemed to forget all his duties in staring with brazen impu? dence in the beautiful lace of Ins master's wiio. Philip grew pah* with anger, but Bertha only gave a glauco of lofty contempt at thc fellow's smooth face and white apron. "Your servants are not well behaved, my dear Philip.n In a moment more they were alone, and Philip forgot lus wrath iu the r-w picture ot lu's wii*? across his table. His ol*i rone'V dava * we?-e ended. ?*o more solitary- roastings. B^rha v. as always to brighten his house and his taWe for him. The satyr of bronze on the maaiel that had scowled on his des? olation, scr-jaed actually smiliug now. The portraits around the green tinted walls had seemed to bis imaginar tum, as he had sat down so jaiany times to hj* richly furnished table, ?ike guests at a fu?era], or again, os if morosely -carious bow a ma! i could violate all the principles of hos? pitality by dining alone. Xow, he fancied, tliev had taken on a more genial, compnn toiiablc expression. To be sure the sun poured iii through the open, blinds in unusual brightness, but it-was the light in Bertha's bim.- eyes that changed everything for lum. It was the beginning of his own home. Tliis woman, who seemed too lovely to be other than a caller for an hour, had come to stay, to sit with him as she did now, whenever he breakfasted or dined or supped-always. The world might heap wrongs and outrage on him, his factories might burn and bi? wealth dissolve-she whose presence in itself was a perfect existence to him, had come to him to stay forever. Bertha's face was bent over the table* studying the odd device on her napkin ring. Thc sunlight flickered in her golden hair as tenderly as if it were giving her kisses of welcome. ?So she would sit before him al? ways. But the sudden creaking of a man's boot made him look up. Tho waiter had come in almost noiselessly and stood at the sideboard carving a bird for their second course. Philip was jrlad he had not said ona of the hundred caressing words that load come to his lijis. But how slow he was at Iiis carving; was the canvas back so tough, then! Ugh ! There was a glass on the sideboard, and Philip happened to. glance into it. The man held the knife and fork in his hands, yet he was not carving at all, but was still star? ing at Bertha's bent beautiful face iu the mirror, with his evil, swinelike eyes. He seemed to be studying lier features, as if to recall some association. Oh. he had suc? ceeded. A hideous grin distorted his mouth and whole face. Then Philip rose and pushed back his chair. His servant recognized his masters wife. Apparently she had played some very inharmonious part in some pre? vious scene he had witnessed. And lie was but one of the world she had disgraced her? self Ijcfore. What could his evil eyes have soeui "Which miserable page in this lovely woman's history that her husband was try? ing to blot out of memory? If he could for? give her. might not ti e rest? Mast she be subject to insult in her own home? "Was he not powerful enough to protect her against the shame of such looks as this fellow gave her? lie stepped to the sideboard and touched his servant on the shoulder and beckoned him to the door. The malicious grin had hardly time to vanish from the frightened faro. Hrcd" the words came hissing from his masters lips, "and if ? ever see your face again; or if you ever breathe a word against i the woman I have made my wife"- _ The man slunk up stairs like a whipped dog. '.Why, I didn't notice you liad been out," said Bertha iu mild surprise as Philip rc-en tercd tho dining room. "Were you ill? How pale you. are." But she did not rise in her solicitude and come to him. Instead he came to her. and bending very gently over her tried to kiss away the lines of care on her white forehead which he had never caused. He did his best to smile gayly, and succeeded well enough to deceive her. *T will be your servant to-day," he said, "with no profane eyes to look on."' Then he shook off his unhappiness by sheet force of will, and began to talk lover's non? sense to the cold mistress of his home in more perfect abandon than ever, even in the ex? uberance of ins youth, He must be happy while he could, he dared not stop talking, lest he should ?l?uk too much. But she only looked at him in far off surprise, with HOT* and thea a curious, not quite pleased smile, at lus absurdities. At last, all too soon, sh? arose. 4T nsust go and dress and try and look a little prettier, for today at least." She touched his shoulder kindly as she passed ouS into the hall, leaving him sitting still at table. It was only then that he discovered a letter that had been concealed by a plate. What did he care for business today? Still it might serve to pass a little of the time till his wifa should return. How tho thought of her warmed his heart. In a few moment > the door behind him would open, and he would tum to see her graceful form on tho thresh? old. She would Ix? dressed in some new color, or perhaps in the black that gave her the air of a dethroned queen. By this time she must have thought of some kind thing to say to him, but first it would be: "or "Sitting at table yeti" Then he would riso and draw her jeweled band through his ann and show.- her through her whole home. She would l>e sr? delighted with the library; he was sure everything there wonid please her exquisite taste. He had rever enjoyed the room, though it was so perfect; there had been something dreary to him in. its classic simplicity. But now everything would be changed. Thon lie would lead her to the Irawing room, and would make her sit down again beloit- ?he Jou.c; silent piano, which had riven out not one t?mo of music since her white fingers had last <:arcsso?l its glistening fceys. And she would play and sing for bim wliile ho dreamed of the new rare life of beauty and peace that was to bo his hence? forth. He glanced at tho face of the envelope: but it was hot for a moment moro that the mist af jiVv- cleared from before his eyes enough to read the words stamped on its upi ?er corner. ..J.?lin T. Giddings, attorney at law." and beneath in smaller type. "Divorces-procured without trouble or publicity for any cause desired.*' What was he or his business to Philip Breton: He tor?) open the envelope patiently: probably a begging letter. F s unfolded the sheet he found within. At the top in big letters the attorney's name ami address: ami below the advertisement about divorces again. Philip frowned and-began to read what the man had written to him. "DK.VU Sm: I understand yon will have just returned from your wedding journey when t his reaches you. I am sorry to inter? rupt y<>ur l-.l?ss but it will Ix? very important for you to call upon mo immediately upon your receipt of this communication. You may w? -nier how my advertisement alxmt rliyorcos which your observant, eyes will have detected at the top of this page can concern you. 11' you call on me at once I will be able to explain that and several other points ?>f interest to you. Very frilly yours. JOHN T. Grourxcs. Philip spread the letter open on the table? cloth before him. ami read it again and more can-fully. He seem-'d very slow to take its. meaning. Then he folded it very accurately and put ir in his |*>eketbook. He rose to his feet and mug the bell for the maid. How cool he wa*. He showed no si^n of having received a terrible Mow, unless it was by passing bis baud wearily across his forehead Duce or twice. The clearest feeling he was conscious of was a nervous anxiety l??st Bertha should come iu upon him just now: aud when the . door opened he started violently. Bur- it w as onlv ine nia ich "who #t?l answered ms ssa:.- -?P-T^ nions. Vi "Tell TOUT mistress,* his voice was .very. "S??l low, but* it sounded firm enough*' "teli yoar_ %3 mistress I .am calleil away to Lockout ? >hall bo back by tea time-at 0, ? s?poos??. Can you find my bat for me J[aue- I moan ?M^jaj Annie. Thank youl" He pulle?! it V.^dvser . . ' . ; his eyes, and walked along the bali and aponed the door. He did not like to glance - '-k^i up the open staircase for fear he might ?ce Bertha He dreaded to look in her face just . f>'~^ now. The maid stood waiting. '. . > ; "Tell your mistress that I am -calicd-ohy I - . told you. did IT / CHAPTER XXViL T~ A' LEGAL nrsTrNCTio-S; ^ "Ah, Mr. Breton, yes, yes, I was sure- you would come/' - 7^ The lawyer pulled two chairs ioget?*-r ticer . his office table. John T. Giddings bad - changed a great deal since tbe"time when he undertook to engineer -the corporation -.:> scheme. Apparently he was going down hil ? - very fast, without brake*: His eye*? v.-*>re a-? **^????, glassy look, as if he had just waked i'ro?s* urmiken sWp. TlresEcc^th roandhess cf - gg| cheeks was gone, his lower jaw was strongtyT^ - marked, and his nose seemed drawn oat a'c-l sharpened to give the effert of a bird ol' prey. Philip glanced significantly abor,- -.herron- ' v. The lawyer followed his eyes and '-sighed.-. "Changed some, aren't weA-a*i hick of money. Actually, you have no id a hc-nr * gj even would furbish this old table ;*.nd polish'* - 0 this floor. Times a int as thc}' were. Mr. Bre- . . " ^ ton, in the old days, when Fused to get fat- f?e?* gg" out of men like your father. Nice man, yortf. & g father. But," and he leered meaningly at* '^sM his visitor, "when wo do get a chance fora 5 dollar I tell you we jump at it" Kc upped- * fl0 back bis chair against his half flited bock .f?l shelves and peered familiarly into Pbirip> stern face. "Why, look at those dirty 'iVi-v lows back by the door. Time was 1 w?ui??i"t - .iK notice a client unless hs wore white collar ~' Tl^ and cuffs. But now for business. I suppose ." sss you were a little astonished to get mylet-- . - teri* . "I should prefer not to have . listeners."""- re- ?S . ' % marked Philip, coldly. ... ? ? "?lt well, I will finish with these follows first, then. I thought you might be im? patient" "Not at all, sir.'* -V The lawyer's clothes were threadbare &nd soiled, and the black felt hat that he wore,, indoors and out, well slouched over his eyes, was toni in the crown. Philip compared - bini with his shabby looking callers, and '??k could not seo but the clients looked as well as . : : their patron. But at every sign of poverty and degradation his heart sank lower ar.?^ : lower, for the man must be reckless aud .."V* hungry as a man eating shark. If it loy in"* his power to rack the life eut of a victim-v thc man could have no'restraint of character Or decency to hold back his hand Cou'-i . . there be anything he knew about Ben.ba's,. '* past, that terrible gap Phillp had net tried ?j to look into? He dared not think. Impatient! he dreaded the moment when the lawyer , should send away his soiled clients. Philip ?p started each time b<a?half turned as if to ccm?"r . :0 back. *But when Giddings closed the doo? . after the poor wretches, trhich was not xrstO a little roll of bills had passed from their hands to his, and came back to his seat, the r-; young mill owner did not seem to observe him until the lawyer said: j "I have filled out a complaint, but hara., not signed it yet1' , Philip looked at him blankly, "Wiatt is a " complaint:'*' - "Well, my dear sir, a man of your position, might pass a lifetime and never know, -r Ahem* It is a form of prxxMd'nrerhat is generally understood to be applicable enly to - : the poor. When a wretch has committed a borgia ry. for instance, some friend of justici? as I for" example, goes before a magistrate and makes certain charges; Then thc poor 'p& devil is arrested, dragged before the ?xirfr and tried." .... - "Well, sir, what are your complaints to t mer" r The lawyer smiled. "Strictly^ nothing, unless you identify yourself with a woman. ;. ?'.:] calling herself Bertha Breton." He paused' to notice the effect of his words. "My wife," gasped Philip. '-Oh, for Goo's sake, speak quick!" "You have been lately married V **A week ago." ri: "The woman yon hare married has a hag- - . band already. By remarrying as she hss . done she has committed a felony by our laws. Some rather inaccurately call her crime bigamy. A state prison offense. ? suppose you know-I mean for her. The iawv of our state does not touch you." "But she told me she was free to marry.'1' How far off his voice sounded. Was it he, indeed, in a low attorney's office, discussing . ; bis wife, whether she were a felon or no.- 13; . was like a horrible dream; too horrible to be r anything but a dream; but ho could not awake from it "No doubt she thought so," ?said the "?w-i yer. charitably; "but let me show you." He- . __Z??? opened a drawer rn front of him.- and took out a long paper. Isn't- it odd, women bav?j ; no notion of folding a legal document cor? rectly. Pid you ever notice it?" "No, I never noticed it," answered Phi??p, ' 'i meclianically. He felt as if he were standing still,While the world was flying from under his feet. . "This is the marriage certificate, iv. is pro[>er in form, you will see.** Yes; it seemed correct. Bertha's name was there, and Curran's. They seemed to ?cap ?_ - ; out of thc parchment as he read. An:l there - were two witnesses. He rubl)ed h?; eyes. "Thomas Bailes"-that was the name ot" ".ho servant he had turned away. Yes; it win? not an hour ago he turned him away.. "Who is this Thomas BailesT -" "He was a waiter at the 'Lockout house? where the happy couple were made one "" Tho paper ! bittered to the floor, the T-:?"S of the room seemed rushing in irpon bim, while the grinning face of the lawyer ianced in hideous meastiro l>efore his eyes.- VVas. C'tMt. in his-mercy, sending him death? W^;cn his brain cleared again the lawyer was ~jr"k ing stilL - > "Y<>u v.-ill wonder liow I hnppen fc>pc??o5S. this p.i?.H.-r. but you will recollect my?'lr<v tisemcnt at the top.of my letter, head; W. ii ir Seemed Mi's. Curran, excuse me, grow livxi r! of her uncongenial hus??md, quito octavio her sphere of course. A Ctie fellow that Cur? ran was too. Bat tho young lady f?turrilly sighed for her old'i more refined associations. Her husband docs nothing but shock ber. She bccotiies wretched, her cruz.? is over, the reality is not to her delicate taste ctu:T What next : i?hc leaves him. Vorteme throws my advertisement in her way and ? receive a. letter iro;ii her address, then at taneboro. Here was a short way out of it all. a divorce > without trouble or publicity, for any cause desired. iSiie v,-ouhl be free a< air agni:;, free to end her life, as she v.o doubt hitend?>3, in conventual retirement/*" Giddings threw hi> feet upon thctsr^e and >miled wry- slyly. "I undertook lier s.;i;. What latter cause could there I? than ir *. .t;'..ihty. Oh, no: she need not cometo Lockout, so there was no trouble:' awl as to publicity, why, v.-ili you behove it"- and the lawyer winked horribly nt b.*^ vLvi >r; "Curran, kimsetf was within twenty milers of Lockout during the pendi-ney of the suit, and IK? ncv??r gtiesscl his wife was heiitg divorced fn>:n him : and ? don't believe' he knows it to - " this day. Ha, ha!" And he laid his head back on his chair and laughed till the tears ran ?lown his facr, "But yon procured her a divoaror It is almost worth pain to have the exquisite,Lc light that comes with relief; : Philip felt ashamed that he had distmcted (Tod so much. How much more joyfully ho could cherish his wife than Ijefore. Th?re was no blot of shame on lier sw??et nsmc. There was no page in her liff the whole world \ ? : might not look at then. And this man wanted a rewanl for what he had done, aye, .vv,l fc> should have it. There was no gift too i^rcat for him who had turned this young husba?a"S birterest memories sweet, who hal mit.-ichia life and his love like that of other me.:. Ho reached forward and gras?>ed the bovver's oily han?? in hc.trty good will. Giddings stared at him in silence a Tr?.^- ; ment Then he moved uneasily in his chuT and released his hand. . "I guess you dont nnderstan?!,? 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