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CHAPTER L-Describes Allan's first meeting, when a child. with Stella Carson, at a Christinas gathering. Stella's dress caught fire and Allan extinguished the flames. Stella's mother was Spanish, and she eloped with a cousin, leaving Stella with her father. Squire (.'...Non. He de (ermined t<> leave England wi account of the dis? grace, and at about the same time Allan's mother died and Allan's father took him to South Africa, where Mr. Quatermain became a missionary among the Kalnrs. When Allan was CC his father .?wt OOAXTER H.-Allan sold the effects and decided to goon a journey of tradoand adventure. Among his men was a Ka??r named Indaba-zhnbi. a witch doctor Between him and another witch doctor there had two years before oeeu a lightning con? test, which resulted in the death of his contestant CHAPTER m.-Details the start of the expedi? tion. Quatermain describes his first elephant hunt CHAPTER IV.-Quatermain discovered a large body of Zulus, and was surprised by two of their scouts. Acting upon the impulse of the moment, he shot both of them and retreated. The Zulus had been following a party of Dutch Boers, con? sisting of seventeen or eighteen men. their women and children, and a lar^e number of cattle, with which they were removing to the north. For safety's sake the cattle and some of the women and children were sent away, while Quatermain, the witch doctor and some of the Boers remained. The nest morning, by a ruse, Q.iat-rmain and Indaba-zhnbi were captured by the Zulus CHAPTER V.-Quatermain discovered that Inda ba-zimbi had betrayed him into the hands of the Zulus, who at first offered him no harm. The camp of the Boers was attacked and destroyed. One little chili only was saved alive and Quater? main preserved h-*r by fighting a duel with and killing a Zulu warrior. The witch doctor had sai:] that Quatermain was a spirit. The Zulus deter ruined to kill him. but were prevented by Indaba, who pretended himself t?> kill Quatermain and then bring him to life again. This frightened the Zulus, and Indnlia and Quatermain, with the child, made their e?:ui>e. CHAPTER VL-Describes the manner of escape of Quatermain v.ith the witch doctor and Toto, the child. Indaba said "(io north." prophesying that friemis would be found there. Quatermain obeyed, though against his judgment. They crossed a broad desert, where there was no wa? ter and at its end they became unconscious. Wnen they recovered, they were being cared for by Stella Carson, whose life Quareru?ain saved when a child, and who was now a l>eautiful young woman. Since early childhood she hud lived in j the wilds of Africa with her father, never having seen but one other Englishman. CHAPTER, VIL-Stella was accompanied by a woman called Hendrika, who was captured by baboons when a child and rescued by Stella's father. Hendrika and Indaba quarreled, and Hendrika objected to Quatermain"s Ifiuz taken to Stella's home, but was overruled. The home of Mr. Carson, who was sick at this time, was a marvel of white marble buildings, built like Zulu huts, j only much larger. Ko one knew whodunit them: j Carson found them ready to his hand when he settle! there CHAPTER VIII is devoted to a description of Mr Carson's place. lie hud a thousand natives v. itb him, p "ante i coffee, oranges, etc, and had edu? cated his daughter, though !-he had never left the vicinity. < >!d mines wt-re near, and St?-ha showed them to Quatermain. when a rather alarming encounter with baboons, who swarmed round a?.-out, occurred. Hendrika quelled the disturb ance, and Iu:lu?>a warned Q*^atertnain of her, saying. ~She.is jealous of Stella, the Star.' a-: : n&ydo her harm if she becomes too much attached to you." CHATTES C-Describes the lovemaking of Quatermain and : lei a Hendrika became wildly jealous of Quatertnain. end threatened him with evil if he took Stella away. Carson san .-tioned the marriage and vi.-dared his end to be near. CI?AITE7? X. --?^v N Til E ililli' ?fi^ln '011 y hun that I was /^??/?^^"^i going to marrv Ms ^Nr\ s;'!h "Oh!"hesaid,"I L^d^??^Mf^Y thought so, Mac '^Z? -^?L-) not tell von that yon would find happiness cn this journey? Most men must be content to watch the Star from a ? long way off. to yon it is given to wear i her on your heart. Rut remember. Macu- j inazahn, remember that stars set." "Can you not stop your croaking even for a day?" 1 answered angrily, for hi? words sent a thrill of fear through me. "A true p: >phet must tell the ill as well as the good, Macumazahn. I only speak what is on my mind. But what of it? What is life but loss, loss upon loss, till life itself be lost. But in death we mr.y lind all the things that we have lost. So your father taught. Macuma? zahn, and there was wisdom in his gen? tleness. Oh! I do not believe in death; it is change, that is alt, Macumazahn. Look now, the rain faiis, the drops of rain that were once water in the clouds fall side by side. They sink into the ground: presently thc sun will come out, the earth will be dry. the.drops will be gone. A fool looks and says the dn ns are dead, they will never i>e one again, they will never again fall side by side. But I am a rain maker, and I know the ways of rain. It is not true. The drops will drain into the river and will be one water there. They will go up into the clouds again in the mists of morning, and there will again be as they have been. Weare the drops of rain, Ma cutnazalin. When we fall, that is our life. When we sink into the ground, that is deal h. and when wc are drawn up again to--the sky, what is that, Macuma? zahn? No! no! when wc find, we lo.-.*-.; and when we seem to lose, then we shall really lind. I am not a Christian, Ma? cumazahn, but I am old. and have watched and seen tilings that perhaps Christians do not see. There, I have spoken. Bo happy with your star, and if it sets, wait. Macumazahn, wait till it rises again. It will not be long; one dav you will go to sleep, then your eyes will "pen on another sky. and there your star will be shining, Macumazalm." I made no answer ;it the time. I could not !><-::r to talk of such n thin*'. But often und often in the ::!'?'?;. years I have thou ;hf of Indaba-zimbi and '?is beautiful simile and gathered comfort from it. lie was a str?ng?- man, this <>!'! rain making savage, and there was more wisdom in him than in many Uarned atheists - those spiritual destroyers ule?, in the name of progress and humanitv, would divorce hope from life, and leave us wandering in a lonesome, self con secrat ? ! !..H. "Indaba-zimbi.." ? said, changing the subject. "I have something to-sa.v.** and I told him of the threats of Hendrik.-*. ile listened with an unmoved face, nodding his white !"?.!< at interval us the narrative went on. But I saw that he was disturbed by it. "Macumazahn," he said at length, "I have told voa thi> is an evil woman. She was nourish? d on baboon milk, and BBB--B--M-i i the baboon nature is in lier veins. Si , creatures should be killed, not ke : Site will make you mischief if she cs j But I will watch lier, Macumazal j Look, thc Star is waiting for you: ; i or she will hate me as Hendrika ha ! yon." I So I went, nothing loath, for attn ti ve as was the wisdom of Indaba-zim I I found a deeper meaning in Stell j simplest word. All the rest of that cl I passed in ber company, andthegrea part of the two following days. At I; came Saturday night, the eve of c marriage. It rained that night, so did not go out. but spent the evening the but. We sat hand in hand, sayi: little, but Mr. Carson talked a go deal, telling us tales of bis youth, and countries that he bad visited. Then r>ad aloud from the Bible, and bade good night. I also kissed Stella and we to bed. 1 reached my hut by the cc ered way, and before f undressed open the door to see what the night was lil it was very dark, and rain was still fa ing, but as the light streamed out in the gloom I fancied that I caught sig of a dusky form gliding away. The thought of Hendrika Hashed in my mind; could she be skulking alx> outside there? Now I had said notbii ! of Hendrika and lier threats either Mr. Carson or Stella, because I did n wish t > alarm them. Also I knew th Stella was attached to this strange pi son, and I did not wish to shake ber co tidence in her unless it was absolute necessary. For a minute or two I sto< hesitating, then, reflecting that, if it w Hendrika out there, there she shou stop. I went in and put up the sto wooden bar that was used to secure tl door. For the last few nights old Indab j zimbi had made a habit of sleeping the covered passage, which was the on! other possible way of access. As I can j to bed I bad stepped over him rolled v. in his blanket, and to all appearan< fast asleep. So, it being evident that had nothing to fear, I promptly dismis: ed the matter from my mind, which, i may bo imagined, was indeed fully O' cupied willi other matters. I got into bed, and for awhile la awake thinking of the great happiness i stor- for me. and of the providenti; course of events that had brought within my reach. A few weeks sine and I was wandering in the desert dying man. bearing a dying child, an with scarcely a jxxssession left in th world except a store of buried ivory tin I never expected ti) see again. And I was about to wed one of the sweetc: and loveliest women in the whole world a woman whom I loved more than I cou! have thought possible, and v. ho love me back again. Also, as though tba j were not go:>d f<>rtuue enough. I was t acquire with her considerable possession; { quite sufficiently large to enable us t fi ?How any plan of life we fouwl agree able. As I lay and reflected on all thi I grew afraid of my good fortune. Oi< Indaba-ziQibi's melancholy prophesie came into my mind. Hitherto be ba! al- lys proph sied truly. What if thc-s should be true also? 1 turned cold as thought of it. and prayed to thc powe ab >ve tr. preserve us-both to live and lov together Never w:is prayer more need ed. While its words were still upon v.v: lips ? droppe 1 asleep and dreamed a mos dreadful dream. I dreamed that Stella and I were stand i?:g together\to be married. She wa dressed in white and radiant with beau ty. but it was a wild, spiritual beaut] which frightened me. Her eyes shons like sta|s, a pale flame played about he; : features ?and tile wind that blew did no stir her bair. Nor was lids all. for hei j white robes were death wjs?ppings, an< the altar at which we stoocLvvas form?e of the piled up earth from an open grav< i that yawned between us. So we stoor waiting for one to wed in. but no on-, came. Presently from ;iie open grav< sprang the form of Hendrika, In he* : hand was a knife, with which she stabber ; at me. but pierced the heart of Stejfla. I who. without a cry, fell backwards wito j the grave, still looking at me as shebeli, j Then Hendrika leaped after her into thc : grave. I heard her feet strike headily. "Awake, Macuuiazahn! awake!'/cried thc voice of Indaba-zimbi. J I awoke and bounded from tyne bed. the <-old perspiration pouring f/om me. In the darkness on the other side of the hut I heard sounds of furious struggling. Luckily I kept my head. Jjfist by me was a chair on which were matches and a rush taper. I struck a march and held it to the taper. Now in the glowing light I could see two forms rolling one over the caber on the floor/and from be? tween them came the ?lnsl? of steel. The fat melted and the light/ burnt up. Ii was Indaba-zimbi and the woman Hen? drika who were struggling, and, what was more, the woman /was getting the i better of the man, strong as lu; was. I rushed toward them. / Now she was up I permost, now she bad wrenched hersei? . from his fierce grip/, and now the great j knife she had in h or hand Hashed up. But I was behind ber. and, getting my Lhands beneath her arms, jerked with ail ; my strength. She fell backwards, and. j in her effort to save herself, most for , innately dropped the knife. Then we ! flung ourselves upon le-r. Heavens! the j strength of thai she devil! Nobody who '. has not experienced it could believe it. She fought and scratched and bit, and ' at one time nearly mastered the two of I us. As M was she did break loose, j Slu? rushed at th'- bed. sprung on ir, arel ; bounded thence straight upai thc roof i of the hut. 1 never saw sucha jump. I ?nd could not cona ive what she meant ; to d'?. In the roof ivor?' the peculiar ! bedes wh'ch I have descried They j were designed'to admit light, and eov : orc?l wi J ii < >\ erhaniriii>r eaves. She sprung : straight and true hk?* a monkey, and, ] Ci?tching the edge of the hm.-w bii her ; hands strove to draw herself through it. ! But here ber strength, exhausted with . the long struggle, failed her. Tora iiio , ment she swung, then dropped to the j ground and fell senseless, i "Ouf gas|>ed Indaba-zimbi. "Let us tie the devil up before she comes to life again." 1 thought this a good counsel, so we . took a rein that lay in jin- corner of the room, and lashed her hands and feel bi such a fashion that ewen she v aid scarce?v esoaoo. Then wc carried her into [];.. passage, and Indaba-zimbi ml over her. the knife in his I ir. nd. t-r i did not wi h !.> raise au alarm?t that hour of tl;.- nijrht. "Doyon k now how I caught iMaru mazahnr" ho said. "F?r several ?tights I have sk;pt here willi one eye open, for I though! -.he had made a plan. To? night I \:< M wilie awake, though 1 pre tended to be-asleep. Ah hour after you trot i: the- blank. I ; !ti>- mo .:< rose, and 1 saw a beam of light rom,, into ?.!..>. but th rou-}, i!,... h..le in the roof- Bresehtly I sa v.- !:.?. .?.:>::? ot lii'lil va fish. At li;' I I thought thal a clo nd was pnssmg over the moon, but I hsten d and heard a noise as though son? ? one \v:is Sfjue*'z::ig himself through a narro w pla ? -e. I'n s entiy h<* was through a-n 1 h inging by ' i hi- han:',-. :':.< :i the light came inagata, and in the middle of it 1 saw. the babya frau swinging from the roof, and abo to (Iron into the hut. She clung by Ix? hands, and in her mouth was a gre knife. She dropped, and I ran forwai to seize her as she dropped, and gripp her round the middle. But she hea: me come, and, seizing tl ic knife, strm at me in the dark and missed me. Th< we struggled, and you know the rei You were very nearly dead to-nigl Macumazahn." "Very nearly, indeed," I answer? still panting and arranging the rags ? my night dress around me as best might. Then the memory of my horr dream flashed into my mind. Doubtle it had been conjured up by the sound ? Hendrika dropping to the lloor-in n dream it had been a grave that si dropped into. All of it had been expei enced izi that second of time. Wei dreams are swift; perhaps time itself nothing but a dr^am, and events th; seem far apart really occur simultan ously. We passed the rest of the night watcl ing Hendrika. Presently she came 1 herself and struggled furiously to brea the rein. 'But it was too strong even f< her, and, moreover, Iudaba-zimbi unce emoniously sat upon her to keep h< quiet. At last she gave it up. In due course the day broke-myrna riage day. Leaving Tudaba-ziuibi 1 watcli my would-be murderess, I wer and fetched some natives from tl: stables, and with their aid l>ore Ilei drika to the prison hut-that same lu in whicl i she had been confined whe she had been brought a baboon chil from the rocks. Here we shut her u\ and, leaving Indaba-d?mbi to watch ou side, I returned to my sleeping plac and dressed in the best garments thi babyan kraals could furnish. But whe I looked at the reflection of my face, was horrified. It was covered wit scratches inflicted by the nails of Her. drika. I doctored them up as best could, and went out for a walk to cali my nerves, which, what between th events of tho past night and of thos, pending that day, were not a little dis turbed. When I returned it was breakfast tim< I went into the dining hut, and ther Stella was waiting to greet me, dresse in simple white and with orange flower on her breast. She came forward to m shyly enough; then, seeing the conditio] of my face, started back. "Why, Allan! what have you beei doing to yourself?*' she asked. As I was about to answer, her fathe came in leaning on his stick, and catch ing sight of mc instantly asked the sam question. Then I told them everything, both o Hendrika's threats and of her fierce ai tempt to carry them into execution. Bu I did not tell my horrid dream. Stella's face grew white as the flower on her breast, but that of her father be came very stern. "You should have spoken of this be fore, Allan," he said. "I now see that '. did wrong to attempt to civilize thi wicked and revengeful creature, who, i: she is human, has all the evil passions o: the brutes that reared her. Well, I wil make an e::d of it this very day." "Oil, father," said Stella, "don't have her killed. It is all dreadful enough, bul that would be more dreadful still. 1 have been very fond of her, and, bad ai she is, she has loved me. Don't have hoi killed on my marriage day." "No," her father answered, "she shall not be killed, for, thong!) she deserves tc die, I will not have her blood upon otu hands. She is a brute and lias followed the nature of brutes. She shall go back whence she came." No more was said on the matter at thc time, but when breakfast-which was rather a farce-was done, Mr. C arson sent for his head man and gave him cer? tain orders. We were to be married after the ser? vice which Mr. Carson held every Sun? day morning in the large marble hut set apart fer that purpose. The service be? gan afc 10 o'clock, but long before that hour all the natives on the place came up in troops, singing as they came, to be present at the wedding of the "Star." It was a pretty sight to see them, the men dressed in all their finery, and carrying shields and sticks in their hands, and tho women and children bearing green branches of trei?s, ferns and flowers. At length, about half-past nine. Stella ro6e, pressed my hand, and left me to my re? flections. At a few minutes to ten she reappeared again with her father, dressed in a white veil, a wreath of orange dowers on her dark curling hair, a bouquet of orange flowers in her hand. To me she seemed like a dream of loveli? ness. With her came little Tota in a high st tte of glee and excitement. She was Stella's only bridesmaid. Then we all passed out towards the church hut. Tlx? bare space in front of it was filled with hundreds of natives, who setup a song as we came. But we went on into the hut, which was crowded with such of the natives as usually worshiped there, lb-re Mr. Carson, as usual, read the service, though he w:us obliged to sit <lown in order to ?lo so. When it was ?lon?'-and to me it seemed interminable -Mr. Carson whispered to me that he meant to marry us outside the hut in sight of all the people, so we went out and took our stand under the shade of a ?argo tree that grew near the hut {acing tie-bare space where the natives-were gathered. Mr. Carson held up his hand t<? enjoin silence. Then, speaking in thc native dialect, he told them that he was about to luau?- us man and wifeafter the Chris? tian fashion and in the sight of all men. This done, li? proceeded to read the mar? riage service over us. and \cry solemnly and licuutifully he dui it. We said tho v. ords, I placet I tit?- ring-it was her father's signet ring, for wt- had no other - iij?< H i Stella's ling, r, and it was done. Then Mr. Carson spoke. "Allan ami ' Stella." he said, "I 1?. iiove that the cere? mony whi? di i t : i s been performed makes you mau and wife in the sight of (Jod ami man, f ?r ::ii thal i< necessary to make ;i marriage i hiding is. that it should be celebrated according t<? the custom of tie- cc mut ry when* the pa rt icu toil resille, lt is acct ?riling to the custom that bren in force 1? re for fifteen yi-.-irs or more thatyou have liven mar-j r: 1 in Ce*-face of all the |.pie, an?! in token ?d :? you u iii both sign I ho-regis! ry j iii.il i have kepi <..' >\i \\ marriage, assn erv: s i . ? ?. ? < .! i :i \ ? ?vi i? people t hat have adopt? ?! !h?'< hrist hm failih Still, in cased i!i?-:? rd io! dd be am legal I'.aw. I again j <i mau I the so!f mu promise'?d'you I H ?th I Hi:' ??!: lb.? I : r.st opp? ?riunity \<?ii\\ill cans.- this marring' to h.- rc"celebrated ! in - :.;ie ?iviii/i >\ la ?ld. I )o Voil pi? ?miser" j "We do," we ?j ?Hwere? L ' ! Tia .! i'.-' !? ?..!: Aas !?;??n;;!it oUI anti we , :i_u? ! <. : eees. At first my wife signed I -r. "S: ,?;. . ont her mt-lier bade !: r writ . ii S:? ila ? arson f??r tho lu-: : .! I.?si lune in |?.-r hf.?. Then sev? eral of lb" indiums, or le ad men. in rhidhe: old Ind.iba-zhu! >. pul th? ir mark? i . wit ries*, hidaba-zimba drew ids mark" ia j.!:? -':...:??. .>! a little s? tr. m humorous allusion to Stella's native name. Th register is before me now as I writ That, with a luck of my darling's ha that lies between its leaves, is my den est possession. There are all thc nam and marks as they were written mai years ago beneath the shadow of tl tree on Babyan Kraals in the wilde ness, but alas! and alas! where are tho who wrote them? "M;- people/' said Mr. Carson, wh< the singing was done and we had kiss: each other before them all-"mypeopl Macumazahn and tho Star, inydaughte are now man and wife, to live in oi kraal, to eat of one bowl, to share or fortune till they reach the grave. He; now, mv people, you know this woman and, ttAiing, he pointed to Hendrik who, unseen by us, bad been led out i tho prison hut. "Yes, yes, we know her," said a litt ring of head men. who formed the prit itive court of justice, and after the fasi ion of natives had squatted themselves i a circle on the ground in front of u "We know her; she is the white baby? woman; she is Hendrika, the body ser ant of the Star." "You know her," said Mr. Oarsoi "but you do not know her altogethe Stand forward, Indaba-zimbi, and tc the people what came aix>ut last night i the hut of Macumazhan." Accordingly old Indaba-zimbi can: forward, and, squatting down, told h moving tale with much descriptive fore and many gestures, finishing up by pr< ducing the great knife from which h M-atchfulness had saved me. Then I was called upon, and in a fe1 brief words substantiated his story; ii deed my face did that iu the sight of a men. Then Mr. Carson turned to Hendrik? who stood in sullen silence, her eye fixed upon the ground, and asked her : she had anything to say. She looked up boldly and answered: "Macumazahn has robbed me of th love of my mistress. I would hav robbed him of his life, which is a littl thing compared to that which I hav lost at his hands. I have failed, and am sorry for it, for had I killed him an left no trace the Star would have forgoi ten him and shone on me again." "Never," murmured Stella in my cai but Mr. Carson turned white wit wrath. "My people," he said, "you hear th words of this woman. You hear ho\ she pays me back, me and my daughte whom she swears she loves. She say that she could have murdered a mai who has done her no evil, the man wh is the husband of her mistress. W saved her from the babyans, we tame< her, we fed her, we taught her, and thi is how she pays us back. Say, ur people, what reward shall be given t< her?" "Death," said the circle of indunas pointing their thumbs downwards, anc all the multitude beyond echoed tin word "Death." "Death," repeated the head induna adding: "If you save her, my father, w< will slay her with our own hands. Sin is a babyan woman, a devil woman; ah yes, wu have heard of such before; lei her be slain before she works more evil.' Then it was that Stella stepped for ward and begged for Hendrika's life ir moving terms. She pleaded the savager; of the woman's nature, ber long service, and the affection that she had always shown toward herself. She said that I, whose life had been attempted, forgave her, and she. my wife, who had nearly been left a wfdow before she was made a bride, forgave her: let them forgive her also, let her be sent away, not slain, let not her marriage day be stained with blood. Now her father listened readily enough, for he had no intention of killing lief? drika-indeed, he had already promised not to do so. But the people were in a different humor, they looked upon Hen? drika as a devil, and would have torn her to pieces there and then, could they have had their way. Nor were matters mended by Indaba-zimbi, who had already gained a great reputation i?J wisdom and magic in the place. Suddenly the old man rose and made quite an impassioned speech, urging them to kill Hendrika at once or mischief would come of it. At last matters got very bad, for two of the indunas came forward to drag her off to execution, and it was not until Stella fairly burst into tears that the sight of lier grief, backed by Mr. Car? son's orders and my own remonstrances, carried the day. All this while Hendrika had been standing quite unmoved. At last the tumult stopped, and the leading induna callen! to her to go, promising that if ever she showed her face near the kraals again she should be stabbed like a jackal. Then Hendrika spoke to Stella in a low voice in English: "Better let them kill me, mistress, lat? ter for all. Without you to love I shall go avid and become a babyan again." Stella did not answer, and they loosed her. She stepped forward and looked at the natives with a stare of hate. Then she turned and walked past me. and as she passed whispered a native phrase in my ear, that, being literally translated, means. "Till another moon," but which has the same significance as the French "au revoir." It fr?gh?f-?ied me, for I knew she meant that she li:i<) not done with tue. and saw that our mercy was misplaced. Seeing in.y face change she ran swiftly from me. and as she passed Indaba-zimbi, with a sudden movement snatched her jrreat knife from his hand. When she had gone about twenty pacts she halted, looked long and earnestly on Stella, gave one loud cry as of anguish, and lied. A few minutes later we saw bel faraway, hounding np the face of an al? most perpendicular cli?T-a e!i:T that no I ?ody exeept herself and the baboons Could possibly climb. "J?ok." said Indaba-zimbi in my ear. "look. Maeunxizahn, there goes tu* babyaii frau. But. Macumazahn, she will come back again. Ah, why will you iiiit listen to my word.-.? I lave-they not always l>ecn true word-;, Macntna zahn?" and he shrugged lus shoulders and turned away. Fora while I was much dist ur! ?ed. hui at any rate Hendrika was gone : >r t!i< present, and Stella, mv dear and lovely wife, was thereat m\ .-.ide. and m her smiles I forgot HIV fears. For the res! of that day. w liv should 1 write of i:'.' lhere are things tot? happv and too stiere?! to be written of. At last 1 had, if only fm- a little w bile, found that rest, that peiiect joy which we seek so coutinuallv and so rarely I ? I clasp. I TO BK Co.\ ri NI" Kl) ? i? lia?- - A negro wannan in Lancaster, Fi , liasjust received $10,--IS pension money with an allowance of ,s7'2 a month. Her husband is in the asylum from a wound in the head received at Chatleston, S. C. His name is Alexan? der Craig. And that KS the way the money fb??p.. The Shell Convention. Action of the Counties on the Call for a State Convention. As follows, the reports came in from the county conventions held to consider the question of holding a convention io Columbia, at the call of Capt. Shell, to consider the question cf nominating a State ticket : OcoDee-An uninstructed delation sent to Columbia, but the convention declares against nominations. Spartaoburg-There will bc two set9 of delegates in Columbia. The Smith delegation will go prepared to follow Shell's leading. The other is a con? servative delegation and in favor of making nominations at the general con? vention. Chester-Some of the delegates will favor nominations and some will oppose such action. Aiken-After a spirited debate an uninstructed delegation was elected. Marion-An uninstructed delegation sent to the March convention. York-Representative farmers sent to the convention who take no stock in the proposed ticket. Edgefield-The Shell proclamation endorsed and Capt. B. R. Tillman nominated for governor. Greenville reiterates ber allegiance to the party and elects a good delega? tion. Fairfield-A poorly attended conven? tion elects delegates in favor of making nominations. Anderson seDd9 delegates uninstruct? ed, but the sentiment is against nom? inations. Laurens-Cant. Shell carries his county for nominations and for Tillman. Marlboro-Delegates elected to Co? lumbia and instructed to vote for Till? man. Abbeville-The farmers oppose nom? inations by the March convention but endorse a State primary election Union-Delegates elected and the convention shows its sympathy with nominations. Lexington-The delegates go to the convention untrammeled by instruc? tions. Darlington-the farmers indiffereat to the call. A meeting called for the fourth Monday. Beaufort-The farmers take no stock in the Shell movement, and, therefore his proclamation has been ignored. Beaufort will have no delegates in the Columbia convention. Hampton-No meeting was held to indorse the Shell movement. Pickens-The farmers had no meet? ing to elect delegates to the She'll con? vention on the 27th inst. Berkeley-Nothing is known of any delegates to the March convention. llorry-Farmers take no stock in the convention and will not be represented. Clarendon-The farmers think that nominations would be impolitic and in? jurious. Bold Utterances of the Keg ister. Cu lumbla Register. Tn this juncture of our political affairs at the South, does it not look to the farmers of the State that it is suicidal impolicy to sustain or give comfort to any movement, farmers' movement or any other, which would look, which must look, to the political segregation of any important part of the Democratic party ? Let us not bc deceived in this serious matter. The March convention, which proposes to be a movement within the party, is on its face a movement outside of the party and above the party. Who calls this convention ? Is it called in the name of the Democratic party ? No ! Is it called by any official of the Democratic party ? No ! Does Democratic adherence give any man a right to admittance to the body ? No ! Cannot any honest Republican farmer sit in that body ? Yes I And yet this body claims the right, or the call is for that purpose, to nominate State officers, subject to the acceptance or rejection of the Democratic convention. A more shameless deceit was never attempted by any set of men who ever undertook to deal with public affiairs. Let the farmers see this for themselves : These men claim that the farmers con? stitute 80 per cent, of tuc vote of the State, and this is true. Now, then, when they have summoned the farmers here to the Farmers' Convention, as? suming to be of the farmers and for the fanners, and that convention makes -. a nomination, if this body does in fact and truth represent the farmers, is it j not the most unblushing deceit to talk j about submitting that to the acceptance or rejection of a body where the farm- \ ers themselves hold, always hold, and j will hold, 80 per cent of the seats, as j they must do in every Democratic j Convention consisting cither of me;: of their own calling or choice ? What is this, then, but a dictation of the : will of the farmers sitting in their own j body as a separate and distinct class ? If we are not arra ot fools, there can be ? no other con elusion reached. And this, j forsooth, will net be only a dictation coming from Democratic farmers sitting in their own convention, but, as we j have .shown, it will bc the ticket of; Republican farmers as well, who may J of right sit in that farmers convention j Now then is this seemly, is it right. | is it. safe, just nt the moment that a j dominan! set of Republican revolution- i isis are making a deadly push at u* ; ef the South which may cost us our all if not bravely met '! We ask of th.' farmers of South ? Carolina in perfect good faith : are these ? men who have thus thrust themselves against the only party which can shield or save us with its powerful affiliation > in all parts id" the Union - are these] int i) Southerners and Carolinians, or j patriots who are readv to jeopardize our ail? They talk to us of thc necessity nf reforming abuses, ll there by abuses, what better place to correct theta than in thc l/tghdatorc. where thc fmners may at all times have ?0 per cent of t lie seats V What hi tter place than thc Demo eratic Convention of the people where j again the farmers may hold SO per cent of i lie seats ? But. the complaint is that farmers came to State Democratic Conventions 1 to find everything "cut and dried." Do?'t we all know that the convention, for the most part, insets to confirm the previously ascertained wishes of the general public? Don't we atl know* that any attempt, or even appearance of the same, to override this public sentiment can be readily overthrown as was the case when Thompson was nominated? Don't we all know that this complaint ?9 made by those who have come here time and again with their trick fixed up and have lost in a fair fight. And yet these are the men who openly advocate getting off in a corner by themselves to frame a "cut and dried" ticket that they would force down the throat of the Democratic Convention, which to all intenta and purposes wooli be called simply to go through the motion of confirming what they would be forced to totee. Out upon such unfair dealings and such bald pretenses which show rather a contempt for the people of this State than an earnest interest in their welfare. ?The Sumter Meeting. BishopvilU Eagle. The meeting in Sumter last Saturday has a good deal of the "cut and dried" flavor about it, with which those who have been in the habit of attending "Democratic*" conventions are familiar. The business was hurried thro' with ease and precision, clearly showing previous preparation. Everybody knows, who knows anything about it, that in all of our conventions every? thing is, as Simon Suggs says, "fixed aforebaod." Mr. So-and-so is to be made chairman, Colonel What's-his name will make a speech and Major What-you-call-him will offer certain resolutions, kc, &c, all of which must be agreed to and passed with great eclat and unanimity. The meeting in Sumter on Satur? day seems io have been no exception to the rule. From the correspondence to the News and Courier it is made to appear that the farmers sat down on themselves, and all who were in sympa? thy with the farmers* movement were routed "horse, foot and dragoons " It was, no doubt, a very "representa? tive" meeting, at least, from the re? presentations given, it would seem so. Those of our "esteemed contem? poraries" who went off into paroxysms of delirium tremens at the very idea of the farmers being called together ought to be, and we hope, are satisfied. As for us, we feel perfectly so', atvd we will remember in '7G when the young democracy of the State deter? mined to throw off the yoke under which the State was struggling, how they were looked upon and accu-ed of being enthusiasts and fools, that they would only undo and throw away all that had been accomplished by the old politicians in their years of planning and patient waiting, and how wben the movement had been made a succtss these same fusionists, tax-union, weak kneed gentlemen came stepping up for the choicest plums. And so it will be again. Those who are in the ring and who, as they imagine, sre in the line of promotion and whose daily prayer is, "Let some droppings fall on me,*' do not like to throw away their splendid prospects. Of course they will die hard, but the leaven is working and the farmers-the masses-are begin? ning to realize their powers and pre? rogatives, and for a while the politi? cians, on account of their better organization, their long experience and practice may outgeneral them aud may even capture the meetings, as they did in Sumter, and turn them, as they think, to their own account, but not always. Right is right, and will ultimately prevail. "Truth, though crushed to death, will rise again." When the farmers have won this fight-as they assuredly will-and have broken up and scattered ringism, bossism, &c , it will be quite refreshing to see thoee who are now doing all they can to oppose them, throwing up their hats and joining hi for papr, for the plums. Bah ! An Edgefield P?et*omenon that Beats Daisy Robinson. On Monday n:grrt the negro who preaches in his sleep ?md to whose ex? ploits or gifts we adverted last week, gaye a performance, or seance perhaps we should call it, in our court hou?e. The modus operandi is as follows : The preacher gees ter bed* aud lies out? stretched rn- full view of the audieoce, and by the time the spectators have as? sembled is fast asleep. After a few moments of apparently sound dumber bis muscles begin to twitch, his limbs to contract and his whole body becomes coutorted into unseemly shapes. This spasm soon passes off and then he begins" to preach. He takes his text-all the time lying fiat cf bis back with his eyes shut-and for half an hour or more preaches a passably fair sermon, much better than he could possibly do if awake, then he sings a hymn, to an old air, but thc words of it entirely new and of his own composition-then comes a prayer and he dismisses the congre cation. The text for tte sermon on j Monday rright was announced by the negro preacher as to bc found in Daniel, Gt h Chapter, and li 1st verse, and that it read as follows: "Then said Daniel unto thc kinir. live forever " On turn? ing to our Bible, or rather to Judge , li math's we couldn't find our?, the words proved to bc exactly correct, which is certaiuly marvelous when you remember that this ignorant negro can in)! read a word, nor had he ever heard ibo test in question read or spoken to him by anyone. Another remarkable thing is, that this unconscious preach iiii? goes on every night, no matter where he may bc, whether before an audience or not, except on Friday night when ho is dumb. Dr. J. M. Trailer, JV. Buster, Dr. Strother and Dr. Jen? nings wore pi ? sent on the occasion and made a physical, anatomical, and even a psycologica! examination of the per? former so far as possible, and pronounc? ed the mystery as one beyond the ken of their art to find out.- Kdgt?dd Ad? vertiser. - - -i Mrs. Metcalf, a widow in Mississippi, superintends her great form. She cul? tivates 5-,00G acres io- cotbon alone-. The Flood-Tide of Frofligaey? The "chilling" figures presented to* the Times a day or two ago as having' been set forth by Mr. Peters, of Kan? sas, in the Houfc. were helped out to? day by thc appropriations committee, when it reported an urgent deficiency bill for upwards of ?22,000,000 of' which more than ?21,000,000 is to pay' pensions. The ?442,000,000 esfim?r? mad* out*by Mr. Peters, however, is far from: touching the limit that will- be reached' unless the "liberar' tendencies of the' Congress are restrained'. There iff on the calendar of the House a* bill provi? ding for the payment of a pension to* every soldier who was an inmate of Confederate prison, on the basis' Of the term of imprisonment, sc much for each day of con fin men t. The Pension Officr estimates that the number of persons* who will qualify under this bill is 30, 000. If it gets through both houses thc* President must sign it. Witn the at? taching of his signature the ex-pri?onerg* will be entitled to draw from the *?reas-* ury about ?11,500,000. and to take nearly ?4,000,000 annually thereafter' until there are so more el-prisoners of war. The repeal of th? limitation of ar-' rears, which is being pressed for pas? sage, will, according -the estimate of" Pension Commissioner Raum, take ft? hump sum of ?471,000.000 from Jsome where. Then there is the Grand Army' service pension bill, which the conven? tion of the Grand Army have insisted1 upon must be passed, and which will* take $141.000.000 a year, not includ? ing the pensions to be paid to dependent' pensioners. The Senate h'?fc report-d* favorably a dependent pension bill t?atf will cost ?35 678.500 annually to begin with, and the pension agents can easily develop that figure into a cool $50,000,?*' 000. There is on the cade?d?* cf the Senate a bill, just reported, t? spend1 ?126.000,000- on fortifioations.- h ts not all to be used at once. Without taking the Blair bill or tte* direct tax bill, or the river and harbor' bill, into account, these bills if passed, would make the record of the year stand this way :: Estimate of Mr. Peter?, $442,000,0<K? Prison pension bill, 11,500,000 A rrears of pensions, 471,000,000* Service pension hill, 1'44,000,000" Dependent pension bill, 35.687,500* Dolph's fortification bili', say, ?O.?CO.OOO' Total $r,l 54-. 178,000* Estimated revenue 4^0,414,000 Evident deficiency $703,764,000' There will undoubtedly be some excuse made for not giving all the pen? sions asked for. ff they ate refused it will not be because the pension agents are idle. They are at work,-and if they leave any surplus for thc Ways and' means committee to work on, it is be? cause they have overlooked it. The' soldiers believe they own the Congresr and that the country is io debt to them for ali they can get.-New Yorfc Times. Stand From Under. Under the above Caption the ?e^ York Herald warns Northern capitaliste? who have invested money in the Stf?tl? to look out for the coming srersr tSrat is* sure to be brought about if th? proposed legislation of the Republican party in reference to elections in csrried ont. The Herald says "the beginnings of the great unbeaval are already seen in the increase of incendiary fires in severs? Southern States since the Republican' programme became known in the frc-' quent assassinations of peaceful anti orderly white men, and in a sensible increase of violence and disorder and crime between the races. WaScfiinjf these things carefully we are ?ottnd to' warn Northern capitalists to "statSffr from under." Unless Northern public opinion makes itself heard, as it did ir> the later carpet bag days, agfahrrt tbt? Republican programme, the party ?otf in power io both bouses will make laws' and the party managers writ require policies from the Executive which wtIF so excite the negro demagogues in thc* South a's to produce in all these States* collisions between the ra'ces which aro* sure to result tn incendiarism, t H'age, murder and a geritrai and total disor? ganization of the negro population. The Republican managers do' riot* caro for tn'e ffegfo, but they see no hope of carrying another Presidential election* unless they can once more, in the old Mississippi steamboat way, "put a nig? ger on the safety valve." They care* nothing for the general interest of the* country ; they care nothing for its prosperity-they caie only for power, as has been shown io' the House of Representatives already they will do and dare everything to keen themselves in power, lt ts for Sort hero ?ub??tf opinion, by vigorous an 1 timely protests, to drive them from their evil and un? scrupulous designs "-Oraitg?burcf Turtas and Democrat. The Charleston World is like a man* who has taken a running siart and a long j"ump smd barely Struck in thc wrong boa*. *?t came rushing into the' Farm-era" Movement just as the craft was" getting into deep and <?<*rn'ger?us* water and by its uuecsy shifting and squirming ha? done what \S ifould to* confuse the steering - Greenville Next. 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