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the voice for "that ?f~o?c of my fathei serving men. To him she spoke in lc tones, then lcd the way by the garden pa to thc front dcor of the house, which & opened with a key from her girdle, m tioning to me to pass in before her. I d so, and thinking little of such matters the moment turned by habit into ti doorway of the sitting room, which I kne so well, lifting my feet to avoid stumblii on its step, and passing into the roo: found my way through the gloom to tl wide fireplace, where I took my stan Lily watched mc enter; then, following m she lit a taper at the fire which smolder* on the hearth and placed it upon the tab in the window in such fashion that, thoug I was now obliged to take, off my hat, rx face was still in shadow. "Now, sir, your token, if it plea? yon." Then I drew the posy ring from my fu ger and gave it to her, and she sat dow by the table and examined it in the ligl of tiie candle, and as she sat thus I sa1 how beautiful she was still and how litt] time had touched her except for the sac ness in her face, though now she had see eight and thirty winters. I saw also tbs though she kept control of her features a she looked upon the rm g her breast heave quickly and her hand shook. "The token is a true one," she said a length. "I know the ring, though it J somewhat worn since last I saw it. It wa my mother's, and many years ago I gav it as a love gage to a youth to whom promised myself in marriage. Doubtles all your tale is true, also, sir, and I than, you for your courtesy in bringing it so fai It is a sad tale, a very sad tale. And now sir, as I may not ask you to stay in thi house, where I live alone, and there is ni inn near, I propose to send serving men t conduct you to my brother's dwelling, tha is something more than a. mile away, ii indeed," ste added slowly, "you do.,no already know the path. There you wi! find entertainment, and there the sister o your dead companion, Mary BozartL wil be glad to learn the story of his strang) adventures from your lips. ' ' I bowed my head and answered: "First senora, I would pray your answer to mi friend's dying prayer and message. " "It is childish tosend answers to th< dead." "Still I pray for them, as I was chargtx toda" "How reads the writing within thi ring, sir?" "Heart to heart. Though far apart,** I said glibly, and next instant I coule have bitten out my tongue. "Ah, you know that also, but doubtless you have carried the ring for many months and learned the writing! Well, sir, thougi we were far apart, and though perchance I cherished the memory of him who wort this ring and for lils sake remained un? wed, it seems that his heart went a-stray lng-to the breast indeed of some savage woman whom he married and who bore him children. That being so, my answei to the prayer of your dead friend is that 1 forgive l?m indeed, but I must needs take back the vows which I swore to him foi this life and forever, since he has broken them, and as best I may strive to cast out the love I bore him, since he rejected and dishonored it." And, standing up, Lily made as though she tore at her breast and threw something from her, and at the same time she let fall the ring upon the floor. I heard, and my heart stood still. So this was the end of it. Weil, she had the right of me, though now I began to wish that I had been less honest, for sometimes women can forgive a lie sooner than such frankness. I said nothing. My tongue was tied, but a great misery and weariness entered into me. Stooping down, I found tho ring, and replacing it on my finger I turned to seek the door with a last glance at the woman who refused me. Half way thither I paused for one second, wondering if I should do well to declare myself, then bethought me that if she would not abate her anger toward me dead her pity for me living would be small. Nay, I was dead to her, and dead I would remain. Now I was at thc door, and my foot was on its step, when suddenly a voice-Lily's voice-sounded in my ears, and it was sweet and kind. "Thomas, "said thc voice, "Thomas, be? fore you go will you not take count of the gold and goods and land that you placed in my keeping?" Now I turned amazed, and, lo, Lily came toward me slowly and with outstretched arms! "Oh, foolish man," she whispered low, "did you think to deceive a woman's heart thus clumsily-you who talked of the beech in the Hall garden, you who found your way so well to this dark chamber and spoke the writing in the ring with the very voice of one who has been dead so long! Listen. I forgive that friend of yours his broken troth, for he was honest in the teiling of his fault, and it is hard for man to live alone so many years, and in strange countries como strange adventures. More? over, I will say it, I still love him as it seems that he loves me, though in truth I grow somewhat old for love, who have lin? gered long waiting to find it beyond my grave." Thus Lily spoke, sobbing as she spoke, then my arms closed around her, and she said no more. And yet as cur lips met I thought of Otomie, remembering her words, and remembering also that she had died on this very clay a year ago. Let 13 pray that thc dead have no vision cf tho living! _. CHAPTER XXXVII. AMEN". And now there is little left for me to tell. The tidings cf my return and of my strange adventures among thc nations of the Indies were noised abroad far and wide, and people came from miles round, aye, even from Norwich and Yarmouth, to see me, and I was pressed to tell my tale till I grew weary of it; also a service of thanksgiving for my safe delivcrancce from many dangers by land and sea was held in the Church of St. Mary's here in Ditchingham. When that ceremony was over and all people had pone to their homes, I came back again to the empty church from the hall, where I abode awhile as the guest of my sister and her husband, till Lily and I were wed. And there in the quiet light of the June evening I knelt in the chancel upon the rushes that strewed thc grave of my father and my mother and sent my spirit up to? ward them in thc *;lace of their eternal rest and to the God vho guards them. A great calm carno upon me as I knelt thus, and I felt how mad had been that oath of mine that as a lad I had sworn to be avenged upon Dc Garcia, and I saw how as a tree from a seed all my sorrows had grown from it. But even then I could not do other than hate De Garcia-no, nor can I to this hour-and after all it was natural that I should desire vengeance on tho mur? derer of my mother, though thc wreaking of it had best been left in another hand. Without tho little chancel dcor I met Lily, v ho was lingering there, knowing me to be within, and we spoke together. "Lily," I said, "I would ask you some? thing. After all that has been, will you still tako mpi for your husband, unworthy ! as I ami" '"I promised so to do many a year ago, Thomas," she answered, speaking very low and blushing like thc wild rose that bloomed upon a grave beside her, 4'and I have never changed my mind. Indeed for many years I have looked upon you as my husband, though I thought you dead." "Perhaps it is more than I deserve," I said, "but if it is to be say when it shall be, for youth has left us, and we have little time to lose." "When you will, Thomas," she answer? ed, placing her hand in mine Within a week from that evening we were wed. THE END. From the Daily Item. Oct. 25. THE TIGERS BOOMED. The following call was circulated thia rooming and the number of signatures Affixed to it is proof that it met with the approval of the community. It shows, also, that the blind tiger is doomed in Sumter: "We tbe undersigned agree to meet with the City Council on "Mcndav, next, at 5 o'clock p. m., fer the purpose of conferring with said Council as to the enforcement with* in this city of the Dispensary Laws." H. F. Wilson, W. H. Iogram, W. F B Havnswortb, J. D. Graham; W. B. Bums, E. C. Ha jus worth, A. S. Brown, W. A. Brown, F. A. Tradewell, C. E. Stubbs, F. A. Folsom, Mark Reynolds, R. M. Jenkins, W. F. Shaw, J. Frank Pate, J. Diggs Wilder, Mitchell Levi, Arthur Beliizer, R. F. Hoyt, E. Scott Carson, Hanert G. Oateen, C. W. Stencil!, fi. ff. Larousse!iere, fi. G. Seymour, H. C. DesChamps, A. G. Flowers, Wm. Yeadon, W. J. Anderson, Edward fi. Remoert, G N Marshall, A. Whi?e, .Marion Moise, Jno. S Hughson, J. D. Blauding, N. G. Osteeu The foregoing signatures were procured in a ew minutes. Many of our best citizens, who areknov.n co be in sympathy with the pur? poses of ihe call were not found at their placed of hu3in?-83 and. hence, hu ve not been ap? proached . We are informed by the gentleman having the paper in charge that only a few persons refused to sign. From what we understand, the paper commits no signer to the advocacy or support of the Dispensary as a permanent institution. There are various opinions as to the wisdom and general merits of the s vs tem -bot all are agreed that as long as it is the law of the land it should be observed and en? forced. Under irs present lax enforcement the city and county are being deprived of its revenue. Our taxes are becoming more and more bur? densome, and any connivance on our part in the violations of any law, however obnoxious, is a premium OB vice, an encouragement to lawlessness and subversion of order and mor? ality. There is no religious cant or temperance bigotry in the above committee. They go before council on their flat-footed citizenship as tax payers and conservators of morality and peace. It is a demonstration in force. A friendly touch of the elbow with the city Council. The call has been left al the Watchman and Southron office, in order that auy who desire to sign it may do so within the next few dav 8. What the Mayor Says. By request Mayor B. G. Pierson was seen and made acquainted with the above facts, and asked if he would call a special meeting of City Council for Monday afternoon, at 5 o'c'ock, to meet and confer with citizens. Wbiie the Mayor did not refuse to call the Council together, still he did not promise to do so. Be said be could see no necessuy for such a conference as City Council ts doing all that is possible, having re-enacted an ordinance against the sale of whiskey, and published the same. He further said that the confer? ence would imply that the citizens are dis? satisfied with action of Council and that Council was not doing its duty. One of the aldermen could see no necessity for the conference, either, as City Council is doing ?.11 it can to enforce the Dispensary Law since the Supreme Court has decided it Constitutional. This alderman further said that the ordinance as publised in yesterday's Watchman and Southron, would become a law in two weeks, and the police force would then receive their instructions. Thus the matter stands. Dispensary Notes. Commissioner Traxler has sent $2,276 off tor liquors purchased for the dispensary. Of this $1,111 went to parties in South Carolina, and $1,164 went to parties in North Carolina. Inquiry reveals the fact that the dispensary is now selling from $1,000 to $15,000 worth of liquor a day. One day recently 1400 cases of liquor worth on an average of $14.80 a case were shipped out, making a total value of $20,750 worth of liquors sent out on that day.-The Journal. A New County. The Secretary of State bas been furnished with a map of a proposed Lew county, which is to have Honea Path as a county seat. The new county takes.iu Donnalds. Belton and Due West, besides several other smaller towns. It will have 628 square miles. If this county is formed there is little hope of Greenwood ever being a county seat.-The Journal WEDGEFIELD JOTTINGS. The High School, Killing a Deer Personal. WEDGEFIED, S. C.. 24, Oct. 1894. Special to Daily Item. Professor D. L. Rambo, of Phila? delphia, arrived in towo last nigh; and will opeo the Wedgefield High School OB oezt Monday 29th, instant. Mr. R. R. Singleton killed a deer last Tuesday that weighed ooe hundred and sixty-eight pounds, and had a full head of horns. Mr. Singleton says he has killed them from the mountains of Virginia to the sea coast of South Carolina aod be never saw a fatter deer in his life. Mr. Joo. P. Broun is very much im? proved. Mr. Jack Strange is very ill. The Camden Railroad. From the Daily Item, Oct. 24. A N. Molesworth, of Johnson City, Tenn., and J J. Whisoant, of Blacksburg, S C., spent Monday night in this city. They helong to the engineering corps of the 3 C's road, and their visit to Sumter and the manner of their coming means more than appears on the sur? face. They came on horseback from Camden in as direct line as possible, steering their way by compass. They left at daylight yesterday morning for Camden, taking a slightly different route. When asked concerning the probability of the road from Camden to Sumter being built by their road, tbev said that the road had to be built, that it was a necessity to their road, and that the final surrey would be made in a short lime. They said, also, that the road would be as nearly as possible an air line, for it was a direct and quick outlet that their | road desired. These statements from the source they come are good evidence that an effort, at least, is to be made at once io give the 3 C's an outlet from Camden to the South and North, independent of the South Carolina and Georgia R. R., and at the same time open a new route to the West for Sumter and Central South Carolina, of Which she is the center. Not only will the new road open a direct highway to the great Weat, and the coal aod iron fields of Tennessee and Kentucky, but a large section of fine farming territory will be made tributary to Sumter. All tbiogs seem to work together to pro? mote Sumter's growth, and our faith io ber future increases day by day. From the Dhily lum, Od. 26 Additional information received, further confirms tbe rumors that the Camden and Sumter Brunch, of the Three C's R. R., will he built, and that the charter of the old pro? posed Sumter and Watefee R. R., together with the right of way, will he tendered and accepted. Bet?re the charter and right of way are turned loose, however, every advan? tage that Sumter should have-every privilege and benefit that might arise in the future should be fully considered and guaranteed. The linn believes in enterprise, and also believes in offering inducements to Rail Roads, capital, etc., to come to Sumter, but it also believes in getting all the sugar it eau for a pound. Before the inducements are offered, see what can be, and will be done for Sumter, and now is the time to come as near as possi? ble to dictating terms. The Three C's wants to come to Sumter as bad as Sumter wants the Sumter aud Camden R. R., and this com? pany needs Sumter as Sumter needs the Rail Road. Liquor Should Not go Out of the Dispensary After Dark. From the Item, October 26. Last night between one and two o'clock assistant Chief of Police Weeks, and some of his force observed a wagon with a horse at? tached to same, come out of the iot in the rear of the Dispensary. Chief Weeks stopped the wagon and demanded who [Tie was, what he had on the wagon, how he got it, where be was from, and where he was going Tbe mao on the wagon, a negro named Bill Picking, claimed to be from Mayesville and had two demijohns and a box containing severa! bottles of whiskey that be bad just received from Dis? penser Epperson. Policemau Weeks waa at first inclined to take in tbe whole business, man, wagoo, whiskey and all, as he didn't think the Dispenser had a lawful right to j deliver whiskey after 6, p. m. However be j let the negro go and reported the fact to tbe Mayor this morning. Dispenser Epperson was seen and bis state? ment is as follows, iu substance : He said be received a letter from a mao ic Mayesville yesterday, saying be would seod for two demijohns of whiskey, by another man, who would call to purchase two I quarts for himself. That the mao could ' not get to Sumter until after 6 p I m., and be would like to have the whiskey where be could get it. Mr. Epperson says tbe man did not come within a reasonable time as bis wagon broke dowo on the way, and he did not get here until about one o'clock, and be thought as hs came so far and was accidentally delayed he would ac? commodate him. Mr. Epperson, according to a decision of the city authorities, did wrong in letting the whiskey go after 6 p. m., and the police were told that they should have taken man, wagon, whiskey and all. Mr. Epperson will, however, be more particu? lar hereafter. Mr. Epperson says the report that he was attempting to supply blind tigers by letting the whiskey go after 6 p. m., is not true. They Don't Sleep. Assistant Chief Weeks, says that when the Dispensary was robbed some time ago the police were accused of being asleep and that from that time on the police were determined that all whiskey going out of the Dispensary j after 6 P. M. would be looked after aud j promptly reported. HOW "THE ITEM" TAKES. The Daily Item, Sumter's daily paper, is thu newsiest of all the little daily papers published io South Carolina. The first issue appeared on Monday afternoon last, and is a credit both to its editor and the town of Sumter - Florence Messenger. The Daily Item, of Sumter, is on our table. Published by Hubert G. OsteeD, of the Wathman and Southron, is in itself, sufficient to commend the paper to the public. Thc mercbauts of Sum? ter will undoubtedly give it thc patro? nage it deserves, and we shall watch its development with interest. The first copy shows enterprise and energy and it surely deserves success.-Florence Times. The Daily Item, of Sumter, S. C., is the latest candidate for patronage in the Palmetto State. Mr. Hubert G. Ostcen is the editor and proprietor. It bids fair to be a lively item. It is all wool, if it s not a yard wide.-Augusta Chronicle. IRBY EXPLAINS What he Has to Say About That Ticket Trick. The Sra te. State Chairman Irby of the State ex? ecutive committee has at last been heard from with regard to the action of hi* committee ru not having printed and sect out tickets for voters opposed to the calling of a constitutional con? vention, the discovery of which poli? tical scheme was made about a week ago. Yesterday morning Senator Irby re? ceived the folio wi og letter which ex? plains itself: CHARLESTON, S. C., Oct. 22, 1894. Hon. J. L. M. Irby, Chairman State Democratic Executive Committee, Co* lutnbia, S. C : DEAR SIR-The tickets sent u< for the general election, upon being examined here, I find, show none printed for coo Htitutional convention "No." ?Kindly inform me at once if such is an oversight or an intentional doing by your instructions, as ? wish to knew so that I can determine my course of ac? tion. Yours respectfully, J AMES M SEIG NOUS. Chairman County Democratic Execu? tive Committee. Senator Irby wrote and forwarded the following reply : COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct 23, 1894. Hon James M. Seignous. Chairman County Democratic Executive Com? mittee, Charleston, S C : DEAR SIR-Replying to your letter of the 22nd inst., in reference to the fact that you have no tickets printed "constitutional convention, no/' I beg to say that Mr. Calvo, wh'> ha* charge of printing the tick*'s for the Demo ccafic party of this State acted under my orders, and I alone am responsible for thu absence of tickets agaiust a constitutional convention. The State convention of the Democra ic party unanimously adopted a platform urging the Democrats of the State to vote for the calling of a constitutional conven? tion, and thereby committed the party to it. I, as the chairman of fae exe? cutive committee of the party, am only carrying out the will of that conven? tion by providing for its success io the coming general election. I have no right to expend the money of the party for printing tickets other than with the names for its candidates and with ''con- , stitutioual convention, yes." This constitutional convention is be? ing opposed by Republicans and Inde? pendents, enemies of the Democratic organization, led by three prominent daily paper.?-the News and Courier, The State and Greenville News-who have abundant facilities for preparing and furnishing tickets. Our tickets were sent out several days ago and no effort at concealment bas been made of our position in this matter. Abundant time has been given these dailies to priot their own tickets. Very respectfully your obedient ser? vant. J. L. M. irby, State Chairman mm? * i - Gen. Farley has long favored a Con? stitutional Convention but is opposed to the ring scheme. He says : "I have long been in favor of it, as .??hown by my speeches and newspaper articles. The only question that now arises in my mind is whether our peo? ple are yet io that state of mind which is necessary to secure the right sort of representatives in the Convention. I am afraid that they are not, and noth? ing can do ns so much barm as a par? tisan body under the control of dema? gogues. Probably it would be best for it to be voted down and postponed for a mote convenient and harmonious season The dangers and risks that we must run, the mistakes that may be made, and the fact that it is not intended to be submitted to the people for ratification, j all incline me to this opinion. Besides our people, the masses, are rapidly growing in experience and in intelli? gence, and will soon be in a better condition in mind aod heart, and I hope in financial mean: also, for this work, not to mention the many people who might not then be disfranchised by educational or property qualifications. Let us, then, have more time. The Constitutional Convention is growing in disfavor, and is now support? ed only by the Irby-Tillman-Evans ring. This ring is determined to domi? nate the convention if it ts held, frame an instrument that will perpetuate it in power, and disfranchise thousands of white citizens. This instrument they will not submit to the people for appro? val or rejection, but force it upon the people whether they approve of it or not. The people must vote against the j convention if they desire a voice in j forming the laws of the State. They j must vote down this high-handed scheme of the ring, and if they honest? ly favor a new constitution, they can, at the approaching session of the General Assembly, cause the enactment of a law which will provide for the framing of a constitution which shall be submitted to the people for approval The Governor speaks of the dispen? sary as a "police measure." In one aspect, at least, it has proven quite a ? "police measure" to the town of Mar? ion. It has caused it to go the expense of employing an additional policeman ; ? but although it has had thc annoyance of a dispensary ever since last'Feb? ruary, the town bas never received a cent of the profits arising thereform Marion Star. Cotton seed will be cut from ?11 to ?10 per ton on 29th instant. The price of oil bas gone down, and (be oil mill men make the cut on seed to SH ve their profits. Czar Alexander III. has reigned nearly fourteen years, which, nuce the beginning of the sevenfeetb century, is thc average length of a Russian reign. According to Reform ideas money and education make the free utan ; but however honest and honorable a mao may be. if his education has been neglected he ought to be disfran? chised. Such is Reform doctrine* and all who hold to such views ought to vo'e tor a Constitutional Convention. Marion ?Star. Catarrh From Infaocy Hood's Cured-Cavo Perfect Hearth Lennie Weat, Mountain, North Dakota. "C.L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: "My little boy has been troubled with catarrh from his infancy. After trying several remedies without any benefit, I concluded to give Hood's Sarsaparilla a trial When I commenced giving the Sarsaparilla to Lennie he was three years old and weighed only 22 pounds. He had not grown any for over a year and was lust skin and bones. I continued giving hfiu the medi? cine three tines daily for over six months. 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Consider any other form of insurance ii: :il yon have thoroughly investi? gated the plans and policies of thc EQUITABLE LIFE. You will per? ceive their advantages at once. W. J. RODDE Y, Manager, For the Carolinas. Rock Hill, S. C. Cheap ! Cheaper! Cheapest ! Did you ever hear of goods being sold so cheap? AU goods except Corn and Bacon are cheaper than ever before. Cotton is cheap because so much has been made. Corn and Bacon are high because so little has been made. We are not ioteudiugto deliver alec tare on political economy, bat to let you know that yen cao boy things so cheap from ns. Believing that money would be scarce, we only bought what we could sell cheap. Don't imagine we mean to say that our stock is cheap, common goods, but CHEAP FOR THE QUALITY. Our Groceries will always be the best that money can buy, but they will be sold cheap. Thera is nota house io the South that carries a better ciass of GROCERIES than Do, but there are thousands who charge more. In DRY GOODS we have all you want,-cheap, medium and fine, but they' will be sold cheap. If you are a man and want a Hat come and see our Job Lots before buy? ing. We bought drummers' samples at fifty cents on the dollar is the reason we sell them so cheap. The nobbiest and latest styles as cheap as you could buy a second hand one. Come and pay us a social call if you do not want to buy-but wheu you see how cheap we eau sell goods you will buy any way. It will pay you to buy things you don't want, they are so cheap. DUCKER & BULTMAN.