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fhniinve? from First Page. % What snould be do with, it, then? Was it not piala that it had been put into his ? hands to use as he should judge right? TTfg happiness, for life, he fell sure, de? pended upon Kate. And was not Kate's, too, at stake? He hoped he was not vain ansell sufficient; but, before headen, he did honestly believe he was s truer fellow than- Bfrower; that he would make her happier in the long ran. And this money * would help to make a man of him, help . him to be himself again. And he would not be greedy; he would give old Gray a pari. And so it was that Bren played devil's advocate against himself. And it must be owned that his client had no great reason to be displeased with the plea, i In the morning Bren , went straight to - lus desk. A disagreeable duty, he would I get it off his hands at once. Duty or otherwise, it was certainly not agreeable when it came to the point That was prejudice, Bren said. "What right had he to Jet his likes or dislikes stand in the way of justice? Wasn't the right course plain enough? Yes, Bren, it was plain enough; else why were your lips white and com? pressed, and why did your hand shake so, "When you wrote at the bottom of tho led? ger' page, on the debit side of Hafielnuger & Ca's, account: "To Cash to Balance-$827.15," and en - tered the same on the credit side of tho cash? Bren opened the safe and took ?at the package labeled, "IlaffelYs state? ment. Cash-$527.15.** Ke took his hat ?nd went out and paid the bill, and came away with a receipt in full and $183.79 in his pocket, to which no man on earth could show a legal title. Ile went back. to the store. He crossed a foaming gut? ter, and a folded paper eddied into the sewer below. He sealed a $50 note in an envelope and addressed it in print to Gray ' at his lodgings. He wrote a note to his sister Ellen at home, asking her to post the enclosed letter there, and to say nothing, about it? He enclosed the whole ia a larger envelope aud dropped it into the fetter box with his own hands Bron got off early that afternoon. He hired a horse and drove round to Quincy street. He was almost afraid to see her; He feared she might have changed again; but he put on a brave face l?ate met - him with the old frank smile and Bren's heart leaped. "Yes; she should like very much." Bren had never taken her to .drive before The day was bright, the tey ?orso free of foot. Kate was merry and kind. Bren was a happy fellow that April afternoon. He threw caro and thought to the winds. A wild joy thrilled him through. When he had left herat her door and was driving round to the stable, it seemed like a dream of heaven. Hie wished it might have lasted forever. There is no need to follow Bren. He -was himself again; he was more than himself. He was over head and ears in a passion of fondness for Kate. He walked and worked in a sort of golden dream. Thestones were springs under his feet; Ko laughed at cold and sain; there was fire enough in his heart to light and wann the world, One thought rang for? ever through his brain-Kate was kind, Kate was kind! He had almost for? gotten the. uncharged bill; he would act let himself think oz it. It was pleas? anter thfoHng what Kate had said and looked, and planning what he should do < next. One afternoon, going up from the store, he was thinking what he could do to ] please her most. He thought he could do anything in the world for her sake. ' and, unless it was to give up Kate her? self, there were few things he would not . have tried, I dare say. His eyes fell upon j .Brettenham's brilliant windows. That < was it. He would go over and buy her a ] ring. He had a ring of hers on his little < finger that minute, that he had got in a game of forfeits and kept out. of sport. ' That wotad give him the size. That same evening he called upon Kate There was no one there, as it happened. Ee held up his finger with her ring, and she made a . motion as if to catch it away, but checked 1 herself. "Now, really. Will," she remonstrated, j with a comical air of displeasure, "you ? must give me my ring." -, " 'Open your mouth and shut your j eyes/ " Brea-laughed. "Oh, coxae, Will," she coaxed. "Don't r tease." ( "Well, then, put out your finger and j . shut your eyes. " c *Pmt out your finger and shut your eyes.1* ..Truly, now? . Qu joxst honor, Will?' ..Fair and square,** Bren answered. Kate closed her eyes tight, with a laughably deprecating face, and put out her dainty finger. Bron slipoed the new rimr over it quickly and called: "Time." She opened her eyes expecting to see her plain old ring. At the look of sur? prise that shot into her face when the diamond flashed the light in her eyes Bren laughed aloud. "Oh, Will!" she said, "how lovely! It's so good of you. I'd rather have that than anything." And the flush of pleasure that over? spread her cheek paid Bren a hundred times, he thought. He had an appoint? ment to keep, and came away soon after. His appointment was with Traveler. Charley had asktd him to go down to Coventry to look after a delinquent debtor, and he was to go round at 9 and talk it ever, so as to- take the early train. A freight train went throngh Ackenthale bridge that night, and Bren was detained. Qroeenlok, the debtor, had removed, and Bren had trouble to find him. It was three days before he got back. In the meantime be had had a great deal of time upon his hands, and had been compelled to think of a great many things. One or two things he had had to think of a great deal more than he cared. He was glad to ,get back. It was morning when he ar? rived; he went up and made his report. "You're tired out, Bren," Traveler said. "Knock off today and take a rest. You can square things uf\>-morrow." "No, no," Bren answered, "I ain't tired." . He was glad to find the books all be? hind. He drove at them all day. In tho evening he went over to Quincy street. He had told her where he was going; she was sorry, she had said; he wouldn't be at Mrs. ??ackeron s on Friday. He knew ?le should be all right when he saw her; ie didn't know what was the matter with him now. Well, he went round. There was some company at the house. The first thing ho saw when he looked in was ? * Este sitting at tho piano, where she had ; t been playing. When she saw Bren stand- j a ing at ihe door, a little flush came sud- j ? denly into her cheek. She smiled, and j a turned her hand as it lay idly on the keys, j t The light flashed back from her finger as j I it moved. Bren had not been thinking of j the ring; only of Kate herself. When tho j ^ Swei flashed in his eyes, it st nick him j t ick as if he had received a blow. lie j o turred back into the hall and pretended to j h get something out of his coat. He had seen ! d Kate flush with pleasure almost before j " ?he saw him; and a horrible thought went ; g through him with the diamond's flash, h He had stolen Kate's love. It struck him j e keen and hard. He went in and tried to c J? himself. Everywhere the jewel pur- ! ? sued him with its merciless gleam. When I fc he talked to Kate, it put him out and made h?T stammer ana flush. Ho was nervous and out of sorts. Ile could not rid himself of that horrible, torment- j a ing thought ; the more be tried the more ! * it came and came He was glad to get j c .way. He went home* and took out that ? s money from an inside pocket, ile had ! ;p kept ?t by itself. He had said it was sent j ? toman; ne would use it for no u/juauu ? n purpose. 'He"h?cl given part Li eliarity; the rest he would spend, for Kate. He laid ont what was left. There was just $16. He folded it up, put it back in the pocket. He took thread and needle and sewed it up. He would not have touched a cent of it now for love or life. He went to bed and dreamed that aa evil demon followed him day and night and stared at him horribly with one wide, blazing eye that never shut! Do what he might, he could not get that glittering ;jewel out of his head, or the tormenting idea his fancy had bound up with it. Kate had been so gra? cious of late; he said he could name the day of the change-the day he had first had this cursed money to spend. Not that he blamed her, or thought of her once as mercenary. As soon would he have thought of meanness in angel of light! It was surely no blame that she liked pleasant things. And besides he had changed himself, he ought to know. But whenever and whatever, it came to the same thing. It was the money that had made the change. And Bren broke out into language that I am not going to repeat. . Me could not keep away from Kate; and somehow her grace, her goodness, her fa? vor to himself, whilo they charmed him, were tho keenest possible pang. The flash of the brilliant seemed to burn cud blind him. He said it was his morbid imagination that fancied something evil in the gleam of the cursed stone. Oh, if ho only had the glittering bauble back! And he went, getting more- nervous and troubled every day., Kate wore the ring constantly; naturally she thought it would please Bren. Sha must have been sadly perplexed by Bren's behavior. Na? turally, too, Bren* brooded over the thing until It acquired the power upon him of a 9 magician's spell; and he came to hate and fear it with a kind and degree of horror that I shall not make you understand. Then l?ate became cold as Bren grew strange and began to avoid her, while he could not keep away from the company where she was. Bern caught her once or twice regarding him covertly, with a wondering glance, as he sat apart un? easily, and tried to talk with this one and that. But the end came. One night it must have come to her dimly that Bren's strange conduct had something to do with the ring. She tried it. Watching him askance, she kept the stone turned so as to flash upon him wherever he moved. Bren grew plainly more uneasy under her hand; moved about, shifted his chair, changed color and bit his lip, as he caught the gleam again and again. Presently Bren Knew that the ring was gone. Putting on his hat to come away, feel? ing wretched and almost desperate, Kate glided out and stood suddenly before him, erect and proud, an angry flush glowing in her face, her lips a little apart and her breath coining quick. She did not speak, but she put out her hand with a little j white box. Bren put up his hand irreso- j lutely, half guessing what it was. The i box slipped through his fingers, and I Dpened as it felL The diamond flashed in Bren's eyes, and the ring rolled round and tay on the floor at his fees. A sudden im? pulse of fury seized him. He lifted his foot and stamped upon the ring, ground it under his heel as if it had been a venomous thing that was stinging him to ieath. Then ho turned away and rushed >ut into the night. That moment his mind was made up. Se did not see how he could make it; but ie worJd if it killed him! He sat at his desk next day when rraveler caine in. "Bren," he said (ho noticed how hag? gard Bren was and wondered, but said aothing), "Bren, well have to get an? other man. The business is growing, and Fm tied up more than I can be and do the ratside work." * Bren turned round with an eager face. "You want a fellow to sell?" . ??Yes." "What will you pavT "I can get one for $12." "Charley," Bren said, "will you givo it :o me? I'll do it for ten." Traveler faced square round, sitting on i packing box in front of Bren's desk. 'Hang it, Bren, you're crazy. Do you ?vant to give up the books? What do you nean?" "No," Bren answered, "I can do both. * Chere are spells through the day when I an work at the books-111 db the rest lights. I tell you, Charley, I've got to ave money some way. If you won't let ne have this, I'll have to get something ilse. I'm in a hard place, Charley," and Uren bent over the ledger, and Traveler nought he did not see it very plainly nst then-"I'm in a hard place, and if rouH let me have this you'll help me nore than you know." - "Well, well; have it your own way, 5ren," Traveler answered, "you can try t if you like." So Bren went to work. He made up a >ed in a storage loft and gave up his odging. Week in and out he did his louble work, day after day, night after light. He ate the plainest fare. He wore lis clothes till they were threadbare and horoughly shabby, and patched them vith his own hands. Only he laid by one uit against a day he hoped for. Ho was lardly out of the building day or Eight; ie got up carly and tramped out half a aile to keep up his health; then he was ;ard at work till it was high time and he ./as glad enough to get to bed. And, in . grim way, he was happy again. The ?ain about Kate was bitter enough, and ver present. But he was on the way ?ck to the straight track. It was happi tess to look before and think of being lear to go ahead once more. And the ? atisfaction was none the less keen that he way was hard and long; he felt he ras doing manly, honest work. Trav ler saw it was doing him good, and let < lim alone. Ile did not go near Kate; he I ould not. He did not dare tell her the J ruth. He said that ho had no right to 1 ro and let her think he was worthy of au tonest girl's regard, when he knew he eas not. Or, at least, not yet; when he ' vas out of this, he trusted ho would be 3 hen. Eo feared what might happen i meanwhile, feared that more than any- } hing now. He prayed God she might not I hange. ( The summer heats came OIL Bren grow I hin and white, but he kept his health < et. But Traveler grew afraid. He came 1 a one August day. hot and tired, and out 1 >f sorts. Something had fretted him. * ?red was plodding away at his books, * laving an interval of a few minutes be- 1 ween sales. His pale fare fired Traveler. 1 .Curse it, Bren!" he broke out. "How i cmg aro you going to* keep up this in- J emal grind? I .ay it's got to stop. I 1 von't have it in my place, I swear I S von't." ( Bron looked up with a whiter face. * "Let me be, Charley," he answered, * ioggedly. "I'm all right, I tell you. If 1 ou let me alone, I'll be done with this " wo weeks from Saturday night." 1 And Traveler turned away and found < ault with everything, stormed at the * aen, slammed things.right and left; and 1 ?nally came back and pulled Bren 1 oughly off his stool, ordered him out of * he place, and not to show his face * .gain that day. Bren knew better than * xcite his friend's stormy temper; he I vent off and caught a boat bound up the 8 iver; landed and lay d<jwn under an oak c n the river bank, and slept on the grass ^ ll thc hot afternoon, like a tired child. 4 Traveler sat down at thc desi when Bren j vas gone, and worked away till he had j ho books squaro to date, never speaking .word tho whole afternoon, and nc? one Luring to speak to bim. Then he got up nd closed the ledger and went home to ea. whistling "Listen to tho Mocking iird." c Those last weeks of that summer were iot and dry. Bren got little sleep nights; r he baked brick wal's never cooled, night t r day. One's ordinary round became a j d lurden; Bren's double stint grew day by j ay a load heavier and harder to carry, 'owarl tho iast he staggered under it a ood der:!. But he bore up stoutly. Often n ?e.. would have to lie back and shut his n yes, io? a blindness and dizziness that v ame swarming into his eyes and brain, T lut he would shako his head clear, liko a alf drowned diver, and go at lt again, r ame as a terrier. It was not over wiso p f Bren; but he never could bear to wait. a 'hero was a kind of grim joy hi tho vcrv J rdor of the fight. Ho felt that the end ras worth it ali, worth anything, if ho a ould hold out. And he felt that the ri atisfaction of victory would be keen in \ \\ roportion to the pluck and patience j ^ pent. But those hot weeks told upon , im. day by day, and steadily pulled him . " ck>wn." If 'it Had "not hee? for Sundays I do not believe he wsuld have pulled through. I am afraid our young friend was hot over regular that summer in his attendance upon public worship. "Well, the longest season COIL :S soon enough to an end. The end of August was now within two days and nights. It was Saturday evening, tho 29t?i. Bren was writing weakly at his desk, his face and hands thin and tired looking enough Traveler came in and sat down by him; there was no one else in the place. He waited a little while; then begot up, took the pen out of Bren's hand, laid the blot? ter between tho leaves and closed the boolc. "Breu," he said quietly, "it's 'two weeks from Saturday night." .*1 kuow it, Charley." Traveler counted out Bren's double pay and laid it on the desk. "It's the last time, Bren." Bren stood up at that, his thin face all unshed. "Shake'hands on that," he says. "The last time. Charley; the last time while I live, so help me God!" He took a roll of money from an inside pocket. He spread it out and added part j of what lay on the desk. He ran quickly over the bills: $188.0$-principal and interest of the uncharged bill, for four months, at 7 per cent, per annum. He took up what was left and held it up to Traveler. "Charley," he said, "I've been through the fire and como out scorched. There's all the money ? own in the world-nine dollars and thirty cents." He told him the whol-? story; ho showed him the bill and the balance account, and the lying entry on the cash. His Qbeek flushed hot as ho pointed out the lying figures, and a bitter dimness came into his eyes. Traveler looked over Bren's shoulder, silent and stern. Bren drew his hand furtively across his eyes and looked round at his friend with a deprecating face. "Don't be hard on me. Charley. It was a-hard place. And it was me it hurt." "Bren," he answered, his face and voice* all grave, "I wouldn't have believed it of rou. I'm sorry it has happened. But never mind now. It must have been a tight place. And you got your pay; you found it a rough road to travel. It ain't for me to judge you. I might have done worse in your place." Bren paid thc money over to Traveler, riiey arranged it between them. Monday morning he went down to Haffel [higers, found old Gray and bought a small bill of goods for the store. "Gray," ae said then, "five months ago you sold this bill of goods. I want you to look it ip." They were up stairs and there was no mo by. Hie old man took the bill and ooked at it and at Bren, putting up one land to his head. He sat down and turned >ver his book of sales. He found the late; there was no salo entered to Trav ;ler that day nor the nest. He ?fumbled ;he leaves nervously; then he looked up vith a frightened face. "And this was .vhat you meant?" "That was what I meant." "You said I shouldn't be hurt," he beaded. "You need not. But it has got to be >aid, and tliis u> how: *?x>k here. Have 'But it 7ias go* to be paid, and this is how." he things I've ordered sent. Charge the terns of this old bill on tho new one. Add bur shovels for interest. Enter the vhole in your book and say nothing, and "ou'll never hear of it again. " -Bren came out into the streets. He ras hardly the ^hadow of himself. His iothes were worn and patched, and hung oose about him. He was poor and alone, ?o was happier that last summer mora? ng than any king on throne. His heart ras light ?s air. He tramped with a trong new life; he wanted to throw up 1?3 cap and hurrah. It was dono. Ho vas free; he was free! That was the bought of thoughts. All this while he tad felt himself bound and walled in. Ho lad not belonged to himself. He had >een in jail, though nobody know. He night go where he pleased; but unseen >arriers went with him and shut him rom honest folk. Something like this lad been his feeling. And now it was as f the prison walls had suddenly rifted way, and tho roof rolled off like a nuni? ng scroll. And all the free green earth vas round about him once more, and the ree blue cloud land wide as heaven over Lead. That one thought rang round and o und in his brain-Free, free, freo! Now he could go to Kate. He longed nd was afraid. He feared all imaginable nings. What changes might not have Lappened in all this weary while? What ould she have thought of his strange .ehavior? Well, he would hope for tho .est; he would bo honest and straight orward. When she knew all, sho would inderstand. She would not bo hard upon im, he tried to feel sure. When he went ound to Quincy street that night, the linds of No. 79 were closed- The place ras "To Let." Mr. Arrow had gone into a silver mine peculation somowhero in the west. Cate had talton to teaching, somewhere a Vermont, they believed. That was all Jren couid learn. Traveler sent him oine for three weeks to recruit. He ame back in ten days and begged Char? ly to let lum go to work. He was very uiet, and apt to brood a good deal if he ras not kept busy. Ho had been a little rild at first. The blow, as Bren was, taggered him. He thought ho had de erved better; it was grinding a fellow a Lttle too hard. Virtue was its own ro rard, was it? And that was what a man ot! I can't tell you all that he said, hit, back of all, when the first intolera .lo sharpness had worn off somewhat, he aw and felt the truth-that there is only ne way, that truth and honor are best nd incomparable every where and when. Jotter a thousand times, ho honestly be? loved, lose love, and life, and all, than . ave one's will and not bo worthy! Ho nev/ it and said it to himself while he ursed his fate for very bitterness, and nought lie should better bo dead. And e did not get over tho pain, though the ough edge wore away, lt went too deep. Ie settled into a quiet, reserved little ( ellow, whom everybody liked, and whom o one knew very well. Traveler gave < ibu better pay by and by. Ho laid by Iii:!) f'<r a rainy day and plodded ii, cheerful, in a way. after a* while, rith a gentle way that surprised his riends, and an instinctive shrinking ' rom tho veriest iiadow of fraud with a i :ind of frar. 1 pro e.K roxTTXT'KO 1 ? Sam Small as a Candidate. ATLANTA, Sept. 2o-The Kev. Sam mall to p?y issues Iiis announce lent that he is the candidate of tho hird party for State Senator for his istrict. Ile will deliver about haifa ozen speeches in each of the three ! ouuties. Ile says he intends to j ; lake things spicy for the Democratic ominee, but will use no money, nor rill he indulge in any mud slinging, t is said that several ministers have eq nested Mr. Small to keep out of olitics, but he insists on running nd says that thc question of defeat oes not bother him at all. As soon 8 Mr. Small finishes his s?natorial j ice lie will return North and con- j nue his work for Fiske and Brooke, [ ie Prohibition nominees for Presi- j cut and Vice-Pr?sident. i To the Public -AND THE LADIES ESPECIALLY. SUMTER, S. C., Sept, ll, '88. We beg to state that we hare engaged the services of MR. AARON SU ARES. Our Mr. Bultman and Mr. Snares have just returned from the North and have bought a fine line of the LATEST TRIMMINGS AND FABRICS FOR LADIES' WEAH. Every Hoe complete, embracing Fancy Baskets, Cologne, Fine Toilet Soaps AND NOTIONS, HOISERY AND GLOVES, Corsets, Cloaks and Jackets, Dress Goods, Passamentaries, S?ks, . Sateens and Surahs, Plain and Plaids. Best make French Henriettas in Black and Colors, which we guarantee to be such. ALSO CLOTHING, Boots and Shoes, CAPS, Groceries and Hardware. In the past, as you all well know, we have kept a fine se? lected stock of Groceries, and we now promise to continue the same. We will guarantee our prices to be as low as first class goods can be obtained in any large city. Polite clerks in attendance and no goods misrepresented. Samples sent on application and all orders by mail will receive prompt attention. Thanking the good people of this and adjoining Counties for their liberal patronage, we re? main, Very respectfully, DOCKIR & MIMI Sept. 19. ( ma WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE LARGE ARRIVALS OF NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS, and we invite the attention of the public to a choice complete and care? fully selected assortment of new and fashionable effects in Colors and Fabrics and the best qualities in Dry Goods and Notions, Dress Goods, Fancy Goods, &c. We are prepared to offer our customers the advantages of a stock bought at the lowest prices for cash. We have ONE PRICE. Goods are marked in PLAIN FIGURES, so the purchasing public need not be deceived. Call and see. JOHN REID. Sept 5 -DEALERS IN CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, Southwest Corner Main and Liberty Sts. AN ENTIRELY FRESH STOCK -OF Family and Fancy Groceries. It is our Honest Purpose to be able to Com? pete with any House in the City. A Large Stock of Fancy Groceries, Canned 3-oods and Delicacies of the Season now on [land. Staple Goods Always in Stock. Prices Reduced to the Lowest Possible Limit, Orders Promptly Filled and Goods Delivered. Polite and attentive Clerks will aid the Proprietors in their ?fforts to please all who trade with us. Sept. 12. HARDWARE STORE ! The Notice of Every One is Called to the Fact that R. W. DURANT & SON Keep a Full Supply of Goods in their Line, Faners Supplies, Mechanic Snpplies, Holli Sapfc Etc. COOKING AND HEATING STOVES OF BEST MAKE ! VAGON AND BUGGY MATERIAL FROM A BOLT TO A WHEEL. PUMPS, BOTH IRON AND WOOD. Jelling in Rubber and Leather and Packing of all Kinds. [mported Guns, Muzzle and Breech Loading! PISTOLS IN VARIETY FROM $1 UP. POWDER, SHOT AND SHELLS, &c , AND We are Agents for the Great Western Powder Company. TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, ?fcc. With many thanks to a generous public for their past liberal patronage, and soliciting till their kind support, wear* Respectfully, etc., R. W. DURANT & SON, Sept. 12. Main Street. Opposite Bank. SUMTER PLANING MILLS, James H. Sanders, PROPRIETOR. DEALER IN )oor, Sash, Blinds, CROLL AND TURNED BALUS? TERS, MOULDINGS, Brackets, Laths, Shingles, &c tomb aiu Dressed Wer, Alli DUIED. 'lain and Fancy Ceiling, Flooring and Finishing Material. rard and Office, Mary Street, East of ll. R. Depot, Sumter S. C. E. B. LOWRY, ept 19 Business Manager. ASH BUYERS CAN SAVE MON'EY BY CALLING UPON US. Have Kuli Linc 3-roceries, Dry Goods, Shoes and ?cncral Merchandise. Also 5 Cent Counter Gooch of Every iind. j. c. am & ui SUMTER, S. C. CAUTION Beware ot Fraud, as my name and the price are stamped on tie bottom of all my advertised Phot's before leaving the factory, which protect thc wearers against high prices and inferior goods. If a dealer offers XV, L. 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Button and Laccv-H pot sold !>r vour dealer, write XV. L. DOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MASS. J. Eyttenberg & Sens, Agents, Jan. 25 SUMTER. S. C. PUBLIC NOTICE, Public nttontion is called to the fart that I hare charge of the STALLION ALVIN B., ?cd partios wishing his services cnn he attended to by seeing or corresponding with me. Price $25 piaran teed. l) ROSEN DORF, Sumter. Sept 5. An d by so doing secure the Opening Chapters cf our Next Serial, Soon to Appear, entitled: This is one cf the most intensely- interesting' stories recently presented, and is one that will prov? irresistible to every reader who peruses the opening, lines. IS ?KMTED By one of the Leading Newspaper Artists of t?& Country. ? We append a few of the illustrations, with brief" extracts from the adjoining text, from which some1 idea can be gathered of the highly dramatic naturi of the story. <? The following extract is taken from the introductory paragraphs: 'A crime has been-committedby an un?" known" assassin, within a short distance of the principal streets of the great city, and- is- surrounded by an impenetrable" mystery. ?r.decd. from the nature of thd crime itself, thc ?-lace where it was com? mitted, and the fact that the assassin has escaped without leaving a trace bekind fcim, it would seem as though the case itself had been. t"keu'bodily out of one of Gaborcau's novels, and that hi > fam? ous detective Lccocq only would be abW to unravel it. Cn thc z~'S? dey of July, at' the hour of twenty minutes to tw?* o'clock in tho morning, a hansom cabr drove up to the police station, in Grey street, St. Illida, r.r.d the driver made the startling statement that h:.i cab con? tained the body of a man whom he had reason to believe had Leon murdered .* 1 The incidents are then described in do tail. .Aft ^JJamual, G?rb7, of th* DoHithe OSc?. Tho lvtr<Br, however, was not to bo found __,_ l"?U*"r-i,t*J?jft.,J&' ?i the de*k, cor was it ia the sitting room; j?TVTLkA ii they tried tho bedroom, but with no better ^OORAX Jr _A?&Z^jJ^ result; so Madge was nearly giving up the / e,~*Jfi' sourch ia despair, when suddenly Cal ton's 03*0 | f?% / J pA* fell on the wastepaper hesket,whichby some | tffpffit?td unaccountable reason they had overlooked in \ Jj w&fof J?> their search. \ ^ ?pd%?t4 "flow h ?ag Las that wastepaper basket been j ?dr / / Btanding like that:"' ho asked, pem?ngto it. \ J/ "-fofofi ' * * * "Six './eeks,** repeated Calton, with X rZJm^' r. look at M.vhr<\ "Ah, and ho rot the letter sJP ' ''^ ??$* A pffr&L four weehs afi. "LWad upon it, we shall j Ctt***T find it there.^ \ JJ&m"* J SlaTge gavm cry, r.nd, faEfcg on her \f?aMA ^^^^Q knees. emptied thc basket out on tho floor, U -ft Z and hwth sh, ea.: Cal:,):: VA re ,-on cs busy '^?UVfcJi^**^ ?non?; the fragments of j-aver cs th.cug? ty'Ki. J-"J *^/???rt tht y were ra:jpieL:r>. * * * Smidenly a l'^?ffiF* 'f?u?T cry broke from Madp\ RS she drew out cf ?--rr tito mass of paper a half-burnt letter, written The Hclf-Burnt Letter. on thick nnd creamy -looking paper. "At hst" she cried, rising off her knees, -and' smooth!w? it out, "i know kc had not destroyed it," th .I Ky So-.:? for lt. "i'll rive you money to save mr,*1'she1 phrlckcd; "g(x?.l ?a; ney-ail mine-all mino, floe-see- -ore-?-?-.vrsin-v* and, tearing her. pillow open, sho took out. a canvas bag, and from it ;?->urcd a gleaming stream of gold. ? Gold-gold-it rolled all over the bod, over the floor, away into the dark corners, yet no"* ene touched it, so enchained wore they by tho horrible spectacle of tho ?}ing woman clinging to i 1 fe. fcbo clutched up some of the" shining pieces, end held thom up to thc throe ; mon as they stood silently l^esidc thc bcd, but: her hands trembled so that the sovereigns . kept fallir.,? from them on the Soor with metallic clinks. "AHminc-eil rune,'*she shrieked, loudly. "Oivo nie my li' --gobi-money-cuss yo-I sold my sold for IL-save me-give me my lifo," and, with trembling kanes, she tried to: f oreo t ho gold or. them. They did not say a word, but sto:>i silently looking at her, while- ? tho two girls ia the corner clung together,-, and trembled with lear. '.FitssrrcM !" gc?pod Moreland, crowing p.dr "I-T- what's t!?tr ho shrieked, as Ju? saw Whytf":? coat, all weather-stained, !vi:i? ven r< ch:ur n<\.r him, and which ho im rrav?iat^ly n-cogni? -.1. "That i.~?..o rojv t!:ai's going to lung you,*" s;t:d ?v??sip. epiietiy, con;i:?g behind him, "for the murder of Cliver Whyte." "Trnpoed, 1 .:. < ?-!" shouted 1 ho wretched man. \vh<?c?':hg roimd, s > as to face Kilsip. ?!.? sprang at tho detective's tliro?t, and they ??1.i>* ro'dod togetlur i \ tho i':? <:r, ! wt tho latter was t.><> rtrong for bim, and. after a sharp rtruggV*. bo sur^vdod in getting tho handcuffs on StenJand'a wrists. Tho others ?t.'vi* az'ound jvr?eet?y quiet, knowing that K?sip requiml no assistance. Now that tlierj was no possibility of escape, Moreland flccjocd to become resigned, auvl rose tul? ka' v eff tho fioor. And They Doth Rolled Together cn the Floor. fe J! W- iV. I the Snnouncemenb ci the Opening Cnaoters ! RO?AL CICERO 8794. Won first prizes at South Carolina S:at? Fair, 1884-1885. Bred by F.J. DeGruchy, Trinity, Jerstf. Born January 3, 1883. imported in Dam November 20, "l 882. DESCRIPTION-Solid-grey fawn, shading to' black on belly and legs, with black tongas and switch; fine head with np.ild eye, broad* .forehead, thin yellow horns, with wei! defined 'fillet; long slim neck, straight back, with body of great depth, set low op fine chan limbs ; slim tail, with beary black switch ; skin exceedingly thin and mellow and rich in color: false teats of unusual length, with great distance between, remarkable milk veins, and good escutcheon : mild disposition. His sire, CICERO, won first prize overall Jerseys io 2 year old class in 1882"; and War sold at auction in New York for $3,100. His get are very uniform, and possessed of rich mellow skins,- and all the points that usually accompany the high class dairy animal. As showing the appreciation io which they are beld^by breeders, the thirty calves of hts get, imported and sold by Sir. T. S. Cooper ai auction ic New York, realized an average of ?604 eacfc ; and his yearling son', odt ot voung Garenne, bas recently changed hand* at $2 500. His dara, KHEDIVE'S VIRGlKfAy wa*1 out of one of the grandest dairy cows on th?" Island of Jersey, and is regarded as one of the best daughters of Khedive. She-waar . * purchased by Mr. J. H Walker, of Worcester, Mass., one of the most scientific Jersey judges' in the country, at auction in New York, ia I May, 1883, for $3;050. ! Royal Cicero will make the season at my. farm, three railes west of Sumter. Servies fee $5,00?. Aug. 8-3m._J. B. JONES JNO. T. GREEN, Attorney and Counsellor at SUMTER, C. H.,-S. C.' . ?&f* Collection of claims a specialty*.* June 20.