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I Tfee Haunted Sim agf. I I BY "T33 B'JOHifcS." I AtEevyr of "iiyniea" ".sforisSc^JSy,* "Phy'Sti,7' etc., ctc. kc CHAPTER. . I.. Slowly and with di&cultv tbev ccsx Sir Adftan back to life. Kangwo'od bad i insisted upon telling the oM house- j ^ keener at the castle, who has been in \ the family for years, the whole story or j her master's rescue, and she, with tears ; m- dropping down her withered cheeks. mj?:'- has helped Ringwood to remove his II4. clothes and mate him comfortable. gj| She bad also sat beside him while the K| captain, stealing out of the house like a thief, had galloped down to the village for the doctor, whom he had smuggled into the house without awai? tag any of the servants. This" caution and secrecy had been decided upon for one powerful reason. If Arthur Dynecourt should prove guilty of being the author of his cousin's incarceration, they were cuite determined he should not escape what v ^ _ n 3 T>-_4- ! over pumsnmenx; ine law aiioweu. cut the mystery couid not be quite cleared up until Sir Adrian's return to consciousness, when they hoped to have some light thrown upon "the matter from his own lips. In the meantime, should Arthur hear of his cousin's rescue, and know himself to be guilty of this dastardly attempt to murder, would he not take steps to escape before the law should i :? 1.? Viwv'j A V! la - its 4XUi-i u.L*j?? * : i - * ; iuu conspirators are too Ignoram; of the power of the law to Ichow whether it ^ would be justifiable in -the present circamstanccs to place him UMer arrest, or decide on -waiting until sir Adrian himself shall be able to procounca either his doom or his exculpation. The doctor stays all eight, and administers to the exhausted man, as often as he dares, the nourishment and good things provided by the old houseKeeper. VTlipn the mornincr is far advanced. Adrian, waking from a short but refreshing slumber looks anxiously arou**4 him. Plorcuce, seeing this _ steps aside, as though to make way for Dora to go closer "to hire. JE>ut Mrs. Talbot, covering her face with her hands, turns aside and sinks into a chair. iTlorence, much bewildered by this strange conduct, stands irresolute beside the bed, hardly knowing what to do. Again she glances at th? prostrate man, and sees his eyes resting upon her with an expression in then that makes her heart beat rapidly with sweet but sad recollections. Then a faint voice falls upon her ear. It is so weak that she Is* obliged to stoop over ram to cstcn wnat re 13 trying to say. "Darling, I owe you my life*." Y/ith great feebleness he utteis these words, accompanying them with u crlance of utter devotion. How can she mistake his glance, so full of love and rapture? Perpiexed in the extreme, she turi^s from him, although to leave kim, but by a gesture Ire detains her. "Do not leave me! Stay with me!* he entreats. mice again, deeply distresses. sne i looks at Dora. Mrs." Talbot, rising, 1 says distinctly, but with a shamefaced expression?" ^Do as he asks you. Believe ire, by Us s?e is your proper place, not mine." : Saying tnis, sue glides quickly from the room, and does not appear again for hours.' By luncheon-time it occurs to tiie guests that Arthur Dynecourt has not oeen seen since last evening. Ringwood, carrying this news to the sick-room, the little rescuing party and their auxiliaries, tue nurse and doctor, lay their heads 'together, and decide that, doubtless, having discovered the escape or nis pnsoner, ana, creaaing arrest, Arthur'has quietly taken kilnself off, and so avoided the trial and ounishment which, would otherwise have fallen upon him. Kingwood is now of opinion that they have acted unwisely in concealing the discovery of Sir Adrian in the - haunted chainber. By not sneaking to hiT-Ci /rircitt Y^t.'Tic^Arri' V WAO.VJ.O, WJLiVJ * ^/XX Jf J AAV W WA V the opportunity of getting away safely, and without causing suspicion. "Is it not an almost conclusive proof of ids guilt, his running away in this cowardly fashion?" savs Ethel "Villiers. aI think papa and Lady FitzAlmont and everybody should be "told." So Ringwood, undertaking the office of tale-bearer, goes down-stairs and, __ bringing together all the people still remaining in the house, astounds them by his revelation of the discovery and release of Sir Adrian. The nearest magistrate is sent for, . and the case being laid before him, together with the still further evidence given by Sir Adrian himself, who has told them in a weak whisper of Arthurs being privy to his intention of searching the haunted chamber for Florence^ bangle on that memorable day of his disappearance, the magistrate issues a warrant for the arrest of Arthur Dynecourt. Bat it is all in vain; even though two of the cleverest detectives from Scotland Yard are pressed into th? service, iiU UUlilgS UJ. .OlxUIUX J-i.CLUUJ.0 CUUID to light. A man answering to his description, but wearing spectacles, had fceen traced as having gone on board a vessel bound for New York the very day after Sir Adrian was restored to the world, and, when search in other quarters fails, everv one falls into the readv belief that this spectacled man was in reality the would-be murderer. So the days pass on, and it is now quite a month since Kingwood and Florence carri^ Sir Adrian s senseless form fronr tlife daunted chamber, and still Florence holds herself aloof from 1tlie man loves, and, though quite as assiduou^ts the other's in her attentions to hiiu. seems always eager to get away from him. and glad to escape any chance of a teic-a-tete "with him. This she does in defiance of the fact that Mrs. Talbot never approaches him except when absolutely compelled. Sir Adrian is stilf a great invalid. The shock to his nervous system, the dragging out of those interminable hours in the lonely chamber, and the nnnn lii<a r>hvM!V'2l nnwm hv thft absence of nutriment for seven* long days and nights, had ail combined to siiatter a constitution once robust. He is now greatly improved in health, and has been recommended bv his doctors to try a winter in the south of France or Algiers. lie shows himself, however, strangely reluctant to quit his home, and, f V* ^a -rr\?\-r>?ir\T> o l V.a i ?1 V Ksi. CiJ V OUWJV/VV li CiVilVU, UV J lirst turm his eyes questioningly upon Florence, if she is present, and then, receiving no returning glance frontier downcast ayes, sighs, and puts the matter from him. lie has so earnestly entreated both Dora and Miss Delnitiine nut to desert him. that thev have not had the heart, to rerusfc, ana. as itmgwoou is also Stayin* at the effl&e. and V.M;r?l Villifira ntts r.rc rather s ccascn? O* r*~ mairi, Mrs. Talbot act ins: as chaperon, they are by no means a dull party. To-day." tho first time for over a month, "Florence, goins to her easel, draws its cover a*?ay from Iho sketch thereon, su:d gu*es at her work. Hovr _ Ion? ago it seems since sue sat thus, ^re-si-eunt orp. ni ?uam^tnoddB Aq intq }aoni zo'zt pinot-'s jo pinoi;? aqs o; s?. ?ota -pe iaq Sin^ss U9q.w "raooi AI9A siq} ca aiaq 'iaq'c; iqimojq puq &q} qoiq^ tioq; 0} unq iq aewiiM ia;;aj eqa'sT!jte?as oqs "'3: 2unjrj -punozs aq} 61 siewnn puB saAtiai S^I uaaAsaq taojj sdojp -iooso. jo 0091 d v 'poiowtsos axe iirind ptr3 saqstuq araos aiaq.u. kjaq -reou ofqsj ?t$ ~o 2in\{ ^ooq ^ saado I:pi aqs srqi firn^urq; spq^i uoatj; i I vq 1 9txoS siep pio .reap aq; hi 'iLiiO ?ioa j laq St? urrife tcqq to ^uiqi pus 'ureoip 1 11 ao ire 'aq 05 isvd eqi jic aAaqaq pirioa j aqs jtrqj ;qo ;aotitq2 s:q rtt :}sauoq Jioq , ^SGtuea Aioq?st aq pupi iioq ;iq.C pxry i uaACt 3*^03 ou ?A?q utai aqs qs~ j aoiiasaidspx niopaqasdaiAsun prrs p|OD jot; siopuai puu' raiq pasAvo* i>n>3tt t->tt err. ? >-*T>?rr vrrrrv aSnat\?ott-w C-.zk --"vn -*i"-i ?~v~? sun 1XT5S?'r~xo(i ioj. }ou pus uaq JOJ ssaoiapne; to srsuoas pjo.w. pa? ooireia ?i?a3 'srq euiSsun o; psnaacioD 2{03J0q ssq sqs 'Siu'^tuoin ppo yz A.oxl qJjRc-'i) pirv *msuoo aoq c; u9at3 Udoq pvq ;a*aq siq aura 3^ ;ioq poAoj p9Aot airs ?no oqi jeix ' -aq 0qj u: p?iu -sjqsnoq} .xyq ui Addvq . . CTX.^V 4-K^ >i*T*?viw1 ! f !?C i OUC Uiups Uvl liUXiAVUlj ) Us; t though its very touch stings her, "and, j rousing herself with bitter self-con- j : tempt from her sentimental regrets, i i works vigorously at her painting for , 1 about an hour, then, growing wearied, j she flings her brush; s asi.io, and goes : j to the morning-room. where she knows j 1 she will find all the others assembled. I There is nobody hei\: just now howi ever, except Sir Adrian, who !s looking j - - - ? . 1 , ? l ! rather tired ana u-.w!. anc z.ine* v m- ; [ iers. The latter, stvii;?c Florence enter, i | gladly gathers up Ler work and runs | j a "?.) *to have a turn in the garden with ; i Captain Rinirwood. ; Florence, though sorrv for thin tct'-n iete that has been forcr-;! her. *itn down calmly enough. . tski:i< ;:j> j, book, prepares to re;i<i .i-Cud to Sir Adrian. ' But he stops her. Putting out hi & ; hand, he quietly but firmly closes the j book, and tnen says: "V/\f tft-dov ??#? T WSTlt. tf) ! speak to you instead." "Anything you wish." responds Florence steadily," though her heart is beating hastily. Are you sorry that?that rny .unhappy cougiu proved so unworthyhe asks at hist, touching upon this subject with a good deal of nervousness. lie can nolTforget that once she had loved this miserable man. "On?? must naturally feel sorrv that anything human be guilty of such an awful intent!:.she returns gently, but with the utmost unconcern. Sir Adrian stares. Was he mistaken then? Di/J she never really care for the fellow, or is this some of what Mrs. Talbot has as Florence's i "slyness"? r.V .t.cc for all he would not believe thai the o'irn, sweet, true j face looking so sttvriHi* into his could be guilty of anything underhand cr base. "It was false that you loved him then?" h? questions, following <?>ut the .... j.-. train 01 a is c.w:; uuu i the meaning of her irvst words. "That I loved Mr. Dynecourt!" she repeats in amazement. her color rising. "What an extraordinary idi*a to como into vour head! Xo; it' anything, I confess 1 felt for your cousin nothing but contempt and" d uhk-"."' "Then, Florence, what has come between us?'' lie exclaims, seizing her hand. -You nror.t known tnat I loved you many weeks ago. Nay. long before" last season canto 10 a close; and then I believe?forgive my presumption?that you too iove-.i me." 44 Your belief was a true one," she returns calmly, tears standing in her beautiful eves. "!?ut von, by your own act, severed us." "I did?" "Yes. Nay, Sir Adrian, be honest in your dealings with ms as I am with you, and confess the truth." "I don't know wfcat you mean," declares Adrian, in utter bewilderment; -you would tell me that you think it was some act of mine that?that ruined my chance with you?" "You know it was"?reproachfully. "I know nothing of the kind"?hotly. "I only know that I have always lovod you and only you, and that I shall never love another." "You forget?Dora Talbotj" says j Florence, in a very low tone. I think, Sir Adrian, voi-.r late coldness to her bus been neither kind nor iust." "I have never bean either colder or wanner to Dora Talbot than I have been to any other ordinary acquaintance of mine," returns Sir Adrian, with considerable excitement. "There is surely a terrible mistake somewhere." " "Do you mean to tell me," says Florence, rising in her agitation, "that you never spoke of love to Dora?" "Certainly I spoke of "love?of my love for you." he "declares vehemently. "That you shaii sunpose I ever felt anything for Mrs. Talbot but the most ordinarv friendship seems incredible to me. To you, and you alone, mv heart has been given many a day. 5fot the vaguest tenderness lor any other -woman has come between my thoughts and jour image since first we met." "let there was your love-letter to her?I read it with my own eyes!" declares Florence faintly. "T never wrote Mrs." Talbot a line in my life." says Sir Adrian, mere and mors puzzled. "You %viil tell me next I did not see vou kissing her hand in the lime-walk last September?" pursues Florence, flushing hotly with shame and indignation. "You did not," he declares vehemently. "I swear it. Of what else are you going to accuse me? I never wrote to her. and I never kissed her hand." "It is better for us no^ to discuss this matter any longer." saysMiss Deimaine, rising from her seat. "And for the future I can not?will not?read to you I here 111 the morning. .Let U3 make an | I end of this false friendship now at J once and forever." She moves toward the door as she ! speaks, but he, closely following, over- > takes her, and. putting his back against j the door, so bars her egress. He has been forbidden exertion of | i any kind, and now this unusual excite- j rcent has brought a color to his wan ! cheeks and a Brilliancy to his eves. : Both these changes in his appearance | however only serve to betray the actu| al weakness "to which, ever" since his cruel imprisonment, he has been a vic| tim. Miss Delinaine's heart smites her. She would have reasoned with him, j and entreated him to go back again to j his lounge, but he interrupts her. "Florence do not leave me like this." ! ,ne pieaas in an impassioned time. ; "You are laboring under a delusion. I Awa?5 rrom tni3 dreum, 1 implore you, j and see things as thev really are." | . ?r __j -f ,1 i a-.; x am awiists. ;?r?u i uu i.uiip iia : tlisr arc." she rer-lies sadly. uMy darling, v/ho can have poisoned i your'mind against me?" zsi.c says, in j 1 G59I; epilation. j 1 At ?hi.s moment, as if In ansrfsr to ; < his question the door leading into the i ! conservatory at the other side of the j ' room is pushed open, and Dora Talbot enters. "Ah. here is Mrs. Talbot." erclaims < Sir Adrian eagerly; "she will exonerate 1 me!* ' ; He speaks with such full assurance 1 of being abie to bring Dora forward as j j a witness in Ms defense that Florence, i for the first time, feels a strong .doubt i thrown upon the bel'>f she has formed j 3 of his being a monstei ui fickleness. I < "What is it I can do for you?" asks i i Dora, in some confusion. Of late she \ has grown very shy of being alone with either him or Florence. ? "You will tell Miss Delmaine," replies < Adrian quickly, "that I never wrote ] you a letter, "and that I certainly did 3 liUt-vuu n iu hi; ^t ing this extraordinary supposition, I < hope, Mrs. Ta!bot?kiss your hand one day in September in the lime-walk." i Dora turns first hot and then cold, < first crimson and then deadly pale. So I it is all out now, and she is on her i trial. She feels like the veriest crimi- " nal brought to the bar of justice. Shall \ she promptly den" everything, or?Xo. i OXIO UA3 IlrtU. CilUUgU U1 UCtCIO ttiiU. iJU- t trigue. Whatever it costs her. she -will < now be brave and true, and confess all. * "I do tell her so," she says, in a low * tone, but yet firmly. "I never received ? a letter from you, and you never kissed my hand." . ; "Dora:" cries Jclorence. "What are 1 you saying! Have you forgotten all that is past?" "Sparc me:" entreats Dora hoarsely, j j "In an hour, if you \viil come to my * T itvI' ornl'i^n oil t'All I iVV'-U* A tiiu wiiu j vu va*i then spurn me, and put. me outside the t pale of your friendship if you will, and 35 I v.vil deserve. But, for the pros enl. aoc^t my assurance that no 1oy8 : nassa<rc3 ever occurred between m? and bir Adrian, and that I am fully per- i ] suaded his Jieart has been give:1, to vou j ,* alone ever since your first meri ing.ft j 1 "Florence, you believe her?" qucs- , * tions Sir Adrian beseechinglv. "It is | < all true what she has said. I love you | devotedly. If you will not marry me. ! no otherVoman shall ever be my* wife. ! 1 My beloved, take pity on no!" " : f "Trust in him, give yourself freely t-c him without fe:ir." nr-'f-s Dov:i. with a ' sob. "He is altogether worthy of you." i So savin?:. she escapes from the room, ' : and goes up the "stairs to her own; apartment wee-pin? bitterly. I j -Is there any hope lor me?" ;isks Sir : Adrian -.1 rhneno* when they are ; \ again alone. "JDarlinsr. answer me, do ybu?can you love me?' ; ; *1 have* loved vou always?always.' repaes norence m a oroiien voice.; *But I-thought?I feared?oh. how. much I have suffered!" i "Never mind that now," rejoins Sir: Adrian very tenderly. He hits placed his arm round her, and her head i? resting in happy contentment upon hi? breast. "For the future, my dearest, you shall know neither fear nor suffering if! can prevent it." * * "*** * * ?-? ?? r? cfill t(*T\ Hr*T iijICj' C*X O Uli.I UiUiUlUJLlilg WV-.X* words of love to each other, though a good half hour ha3 gone by, when a noise as of coming footsteps m the conservatory attracts their attention, and presently Captain Kingwood, with hi? arm round Ethel Villiers's waist, comes slowly into view. Totally unaware that any one is in the room besides themselves, they advance, until, happening to lift their eyes, they suddenly become aware that their host and liiss Delmaine are regarding them with mingled glances oi surprise and amusement. Instantly thev start asunder. : "It is?that is?you see?Ethel, you explain," stammers Captain Ringwood confusedly. At this both Sir Adrian and Florence burst out laughing so merrily and so i heartily that all "constraint comes to ! an end and, finally Ethel and Ring- j wood. Joining in the merriment that has been raised at their expense, volunteer a full explanation. "I think," says Ethel, after awhile, looking keenly" at Florence and her host, *7ou two look j st as guilty as we do. Don't they, George?" "They seem very nearly as happy, al j all events," agrees Ringwood, who, i now that he has confessed to his having been just accepted by Ethel ! Villiers "for better for worse," is j again in his usual gay spirits. "Nearly? you might sav quite," says Sir Adrian laughing. "Florence as we - ? ? -T '~ ~ ilt aim MAA?A4- T 4"V?ir*lr 1 jiave uisuuvcrcu iucu scucir, x uuua *u will be only honest of us to tell tliem ours." Florence blushes and glances rather shyly at Ethel. "I" know it," crios that young lady, clapping her hands. "You arc going to marry Sir Adrian, Florence, and he is going to marry you!" At this they all laugh. "Well, one of those surmises could j hardly come off without the other," observes Rincwood, with a smile. "So ! your second guess was a pretty safe 1 one. If she is" right, old man"?turning to Sir Adrian?"l congratulate you < both with all my heart." "Yes, she is "unite right," rcsoonus <-.? . j ! ?; _ _.l _____ Sir Auni'ii, uireuun? a giance nm ui ardsnc love unou Florence. "What should I do with the life she restored to me unless I devoted it to her service?" "You sec, he is marrying me only out of gratitude," says Florence, smiling archly, but large i^nrs of joy and glad- j new sparkle in" her lovely eyes. CHAPTER . When Fiorencc finds her way, at the I expiration of the hour, to Dora's room, i she discovers that fair little widow dis- | solved in tears, and indeed sorely per- I plexed and shamed. The sight of Flor- j ence only st?- ms to render her grief j more pofirnant, and when her cousin, j puttin? her arm round her, tries to con- ' sole hrr, she only responds to the caress ] by flinging herself upon her knees, and J prayinyr her to forgive her. *. - I k. ^--i. .U 4 % ? f V* + ISiCll CI'V t> uiilvil W/jaiVO v;uv< | All tli* r-zU j- J-'fi-n. underhand &o- i tion?. all Uw-. rrstc; it?*. all the carefully i spoken ini>:it"iul*-cs, all tha false re- j pons are hr<r:7h\ into light and laid j bare to ths jjorri'^ffi ey?3 of Florence, j Dor.Vn coflfrssion Is thorough and i complete in every sense. Not fn any j wav does she seek to shield herself, or j palliate her own share in the deception | practiccd upon the unconscious girl i now regarding licr with looks of amaze- j ment and deep sorrow, bi ' i bitter | silence. j "When the wrctched story is at an j en-J, and Dora, rising to her feet, de- j dares her intention of IwingEngland j forever. Mi?s Delmnine .s;.-.nd3 like ono turned into stone, and says no word ' either of censure or recriit. I juora, creeping violently, goes to t.ne , door, but, as her hand isnsiseil to onen it, me pressure upon tne gentle near? ! of Florence is suddenly removed, and j in a little gasping voice she bids her j stay. ; Dora remains quite st;'! her eyes bent upon tho floor, irnillng to hear her cousin's words of just condemnation; expecting only to hear the scathing vrords of scorn with which her cou- i cm n-ill hiil }ip- Wrtnfl hrr sichfc i for evermore. But suddenly she feels ; two soft arms close around her, and ! Florence, bursting into tears, lays her ! head upon her shoulder. "Oh, L>ora. how could yon do it!" she i falters, and that is all. "Never, either i then or afterward, does another sen- ; tence of reproach pass her lips; and ; Dora, forgiven and taken back to her cousin's friendship, endeavors earnest- ; ly for the future to avoid such untruthful paths as had so nearly led her to lier ruin. .Sir Adrian, from the hour In which his dearest hopes were realized, recov-. ! ers rapidly both his health and spirits; ' and soon a double wedding takes nlace, that makes pretty Ethel "V ill i ers r^thel Ringwood and beautiful Florence Lady , Dynecourt. ( A winter spent abroad vrith his charming bride completely restores Sir Adrian to his former vigorous state, ) and. when spring is crowning all tho j land with her "fair flowers, he returns 1 to the castle with the intention of re- ; maining there until the coming season ; demands his presence in town. And now once again there is almost ! the same party brought together at Dyneeourt. Old Lady FitzAlmont and ' Lady Gertrude are here again, and so : are Captain and Mrs. Ring wood, both ) the gayest of the gay. Dora Talbot is j here too, somewhat chastened and sub- I ducd both in manner and expression, a < change so much for the better that sha Bi-dd her list of lovers to be longer now than in Lbe days of yore. ; II is an exquisite,"balmy day in April. Ilse sun is shining hotly without, ' tlrinking up greedily the geht!9 shower i that fell h;iu an hour ago. The guests, , who with their hast and hostess have j been wandering idly through the | grounds, decide to go in-doors. 'It was on a day like this, though in autumn, that we "first missed Sir Adrian." remarks some one in a half tone ; soulidentialiv to some one else, but not : 50 low that the baronet could not hear ; it. ; "Yes." he says quickly, "and it was ; fust over there"?pointing to a clump ! 3f shrubs near the hall door?"that I i parted wit ft unit unrortunaie cousin or , :nine." Ludy I>ynecoart shudders, and draws ! :loser to her husband. "It was a marvelous story," observes \ pretty woman w!io was r.ot at the ! castle last autumn, when what so near- i y proved to be a tragedy was being en- | icted; "quite lifce p. legend or a media)- j ral romance. De^r Lady Dvnecourt | Ending him wa?. suoi: a happy finish to l t.. I riin -L sav I 1kTv? always had the j p-eatesL veiiernlK/ii ior those haunted i chambers, so se.dom to be found now | n any house. Perhaps my regard for ;hem is the stronger because I never saw one." "NVr' questioning!}*. ''Will you come iutl spe ours now:* says Sir Adrian readily. His wife clasps his arm, and a pang I . ontracts her brow. "You are not frightened now, sure- j yV" says Adrian, smiling at li'er very ; inderly. "Yes, I am," she responds promptly. I 'The very name of that awful room un- I lervcs me. There is something evil in + "T T \ a ti af rrr\ l.nvo * i, i ueutrtc. xj\j ii\j* wiiuc. "I'll block it up forever if yofi. wish ! t," declares Sir Adrian; "but." for the ast time l<-t me go and show its ghosty beautv to Lady Lau?hton. I confess, ;ven after all that has happc-ned. it x>ssesses no terror for me; it only reninc's me of my unpleasant kinsman." "I wonder what became of him," renarks Kingwood. "He's at the other side of the world. I should imagine.? "Out of the world, at all events," savs cu.1^1 : i:?. EjUIcI, JilUlilCICHUV. "Well, let us go," agrees Florence resignedly. So together they all start once more for the old tower." As they reach the >t^ne steps Sir Adrian says" laughingly i tc Lady Laugh ton: "Now, what do you expect to see? A i ?host?a phantom"? And'in what shape, ' **v. i " oriimoi-o I !i.m I .jmcrh- i XX. or.t'VVV'JCUI^ ?t vig 1t* v? ?? ? ton, retarning his laugh; and witii the words the door is pushed open, and thev enter the r.ooin tn rrjis&t. vr-rv corner v. here "Sir Adrian's almost lifeless hody had been found? Is this a trie!:, a {'.elusion of the brain? What is tins thin;.: huddled together, lying in aheap?a ghastly, nidged, filthy heap, before their tenilh'd eyes? And why ri-.ps th:4 smell infect their nostrils? They stazger. Even | tilt? strong men grow pale and faint, | for there, before thorn, gaunt, awful, j unmistakable, lies a skeleton! Lady Laughtcn> jesling words hare j come true?a fleshier corpse indeed i meets their stricken gt'.el Sir Adrian, having hurriedly asked one of the men of th?- party to remove Lady Dync'e.r.rt and her friends, he and'Captain Itingwcn* proceed to examine the grewsomc bo;V thai lies upon the floor; yot. tho'i^j ihey profess to each other* total ignorance of what it can be. there is i.; their hearts a miserable certainty that appalls them. Is this to be the'end ->f the mystery? Truly had spoken K'.'.el liingwood when she hail ailuded t<> Arthur Dynecourt as beins "01:: of the world,"* for it is his remains they are bending over, as a few letters scattered about testify only too plainly. Caught in llie living grave he had destined for his cousin was Arthur iJvnecourt on the night of Sir Adrian's release. Th*4 lamp had dropped from his hand ii: the 1 irat horror of his discovery that his vi'-cim had escaped him. Then followed tin- -k^ing of the fatal lock and his iuafnsi'.Miity. On recovering irrm his r-woon. he had no doubt endured a hundred-fold more tortures than had the innocent \dri?Ti. a* his conscience must have been unc?aj<i::giy racking1 and tearing birn. And not too soon c- her could the miserable end have c^me. Every pang lie had designed for !;:r. vi- lim was his. : Not one was spared; Cold and hunger i and the raging fever of ihirst were his, and witha! a hopeh?-:u-:<s more intol! erable than aught e.-'o--* hopelessness . that must have erown in strengtli as the interminable (lays went by. And then came dvath?an awful lingering death, whilst the loathsome rate had finished the work which starvation and death h.;d hf*gan, and now all that rem?.i?icd of Ari.hur Dvneccurt was a heap cf bones! Thsy hush the matter up as well as they can. but it is manv davs before ? ? * 1 - j*lot'fnce ami i:tr misuaria. <h i-.u> uj. ! their cnesta forpf-t the dreadful hour i:i winch ihov tii-?f-?>vi-:* xl the unsightly remains o.' iuu- who had been overtaken by a just and stern retribution, run i.u. TIic Xortli Caroii:ia.\l!l:mcc. | It is learned from the ofiictis of I the State Farmers' Alliance of Noith Carolina that there have been is::ut <1 ninety-three charters to County Alliances. and two hundred and seven Sub-Alliances, of which latter only thirty-two have been returned. All : the counties save All&crhanv. Dare and New Haven have county organization. "Wake leads in the number of .Sub-Alliances, haviog fifty- seven, Chatham coming next rvit.h fifty-two. Tha gain in membership in llie past yeai" lias been over 16,000. Tlif State business agency of tlie Alliance is doing an jmmen.sc work. It lisis furnished two Sub-Alliances this sea! son 12,000 tons of its special fertilii lizev, and its sales of other supplies, 1 mainly provisions, average $?0,000 ; per month. The State business agent ! says that the effect of til" sals of J special brands of fertilizers made for the AUianct* at a special rate has resulted in a decline of prices charged for the brim as, and ho estimates that this season alone the business agency u-,. i a k?ic'7. Linn cut; iiiiiuuin u \ <.;i uu:; ?u.LUii.lion dollars in tho matter of fertiiizsrs clone. DifiqoaliQfMl Votora. At the last session of the .Legislature an Act was passed providing for a mode of ascertaining the names of registered voters convicted of disqualifying crimes. The clerk of the court is required, on or before the fifteenth dav of October. 1SD0. to furnish the supervisor of registration with a complete list of all male persons convicted of treason, murder, robbery, or dueling, from the ICth day of April, 1368. up to the first day of January, ISSo. and of all persons convicted of treason, murder, burglary, larceny, perjury; forgery, or any other infamous crim9. or dueling, since the first day of January, 1SS3. Ail such reports must be accompanied by the certificate of the clr-rk. So is every Trial Justice required to make out under his hand and seal a certified list of ail male persons convicted before him, or such of his predecessors whose trial docket is in his posses sion, of petit larceny, and such r?port must be submitted to the supervisor of registration on or before tha /irtv r\f OffnVi(?r Tti . ;;ny trial justice goes out of office, he shall furnish such list immediately upon retiring, up to the date of going out of office. COOD-BYE ;TO JUTE. A Anjjcsta Lawyer Invoiis Machinery to Make Cotton {tagging Out ?f Cci tou St?Iks Augusta, Ga.. April 24.?YVillian E. Jackson. a well known lawyei of this city, has solved the jute 'nagging proiuom turn; mis Hifiuuru coiiuji c.rcles for so Ion*;. Jackson lias perfected mechanical appliances lor making 1 baling from cot ion stalks, and be , has just returned from New York wi*h a roll of bagging. Expert cotton men say that it is : in every respect equal to cotton bag- i ging. He will buy the bare stalks ' from the farms raid can vfiord to pay < about ?2 a ton laid down. An annual i stalk yield will bale three years' cotton crop. The machinery comprises 1 heavy corrugated rollers, with vats of i running water, carding machines and < bagging looms. It is estimated that! in making bagging from cotton stalks | two million dollars annually will be I . * ' 'I 1 i * P U 1 1 put- into me pociceis 01 lanners ior j what is now cleared from the fields at ^ an expense. ' Augusta ^s'ill be headqnarters for ! the company's mill and offices, 1 which will extend from Virginia to ; Texas. Jackson Lad the roll of bag- ; giiig which is exhibited woven by the l jute bagging looms of J. C. Todd, at Paterson. N. J., and he says that ex- ' perts pronounce it equal to its jute ' rival. Cotton stalk bagging is less i inflammable and h; only a shade dark- 1 er than jute. Cotton circles here are jubilant. .. { Southern Prosperity. Mr. John C. Calhoun, who haa just i1 returned to .Nov lork from ft tnp ; through the South, says there is so- iv tive speculation going on in real 68- j 'r tate at advancing prices. and that j( more money is in the South for in- i [ vestment than ever before since tho ' j war. To the Southern people cot-! " ton iB now a surplus production, aa j they are raising their own food ?up-1 plies at home, and the money received i1 from cotton i* going into invent- i * ments. J His Occcpation Gone. | ^ Jeuk:.n3?Great Scott. Guyer. Ill thought you Trere drawing for the ! \ comic papers a&dm&kirig lot* of mo:;-' t ey. _ 1 Guyer (circaricaturisl)?So I ;i but Ben Butlsr wont and hail hi a eye : < fixed, and that ruined me. j 00 i NTER CON FEREXCE. ACTION OF THE "REPRESENTATIVE FARMERS" AT COLUMBIA- j flic Mciiilii'i's ;'in.i[N?i v, t!i^ i'>ni\fsit*?? 5 uyiiit?s Traiisactcil".'n Aiiilrt'a* of t ?-t and Warning:. i J ecial to ilit* t?r<* si Columbia. S. C.. ?'i'm- i xerence of the uuti-Tilb:;;:.;!:- > lu ' two session- today. one ?>i iverity , ocinutes. the other of fortv-iivp. The , only action was the adoption of an address to the Democracy of the State. The following wore prc-r.cnt: Anderson. L. E. Campbell: Barnwell. ( L. TV. Yoamms; Beaufort. X. It. Keyword: Charleston, ty. J. Kinson: , Cne=ierSeld, A. JleQueen: Clarendon. , C. S. Land: Colleton, 1). L. Kedish: Darlington. E. AV. Campbell: Fairfield. T. AV. Woodward: Florence. S. A. Gregg; Hampton. li. T. Causey: j Kershaw, A. H. JJoykin: Laurens, IS. D. Garlicgioii: Lexington. Theodore Holtshouser; Marion, D. \V. Bethea: Oconee. P. P.. Davidson: Orangeburg, J. A. I^-terkin: Richland. J. C. F. bi:ns; Sumter.. J. J. Dargaii: Williamsburg, Ethvin Harper: York, Iredell Jones. Mr. Jones was made chairman. and Colonel Dargaii secretary. Messrs. Youmans. Dargan, "Wood ward, Jones and Land being appointed a committee to draft au address submitted the following which was unanimously adopted and signed: "The situation of political affairs in South Carolina demands tbe immediate and earnest consideration of j every good citizen. As Democratic j farmers, asking no peronsal gain, j but influenced by strong convictions { as tu the good of our- State, we de- j sire io present our news to the Dem- j mAM-ori/. vrtf/jva tli* Sifa + e oui! Cl vl>' I i'or these vierrs fair mid thoughtful consideration. "The Democratic party is indicted l>y some of its 0**11 members for favoritism, for reluiquishhig its functions to an oligarchy of arislocats, I:);- betraying the confidence placed in it by the people, i'or wasteful extravagance, even for corruption. Our miturai foes liave not alleged to | much. Men within the party, claim- j i:ig to rr present eighty per cent.oftlie ! Democratic votes and being aspirants ] for oiiU'c. have not submitted their i claims according to the usual methods I upon their merits and the judgment j isf :i Democratic convention, but upon ! fictitious pretextsliave formed a party held a convention, adopted a platform, practically nominated a candidate fi>r Governor, and, by means of an organized campaign committee, i i* ? - j-i . t A I propose co lorce men' canuiuuie upun the State Democratic Convention in the name of the farmers of South Carolina. In tins departure from usual methods, in our judgment there is an innovation pregnant with great danger to the unity and harmony of the Democratic party. Conscious of the fact that the purity and integrity of our institutions depend upon the solidity of the party, we view with the greatest apprehension the declarations of tf-.e convention, which, in rtur opinion, array caste against caste and dividing the white neowle, endan ger Ajijrlo-Saxon supremancy. 'Ueiicving that upon the perpetuity i of tiii- Democratic p*rty in South Carolina as at present constituted depend the rcrce aud prosperity of the Slate and the general welfare of tne people: believing that the methods of nominating State officers by that party in the past have been j fair, honorable and iust to all classes ' of our citizens regardless of occupy-; tioju or calling: believing that the ad-! ministration of the State government i: has been in the past.and is at present, j able, pure, honesc and frao from eor- j ruption: believing that an attack up- , on the party under these circum- , stances is a reflection upon the in- . eiligeace and integrity of the people: j believing that the party's motto in i the future should be as it has been in past days 'equal rights 10 all, spc- : cial privileges to none"?we ill? un dersignect tanners ana.L>emocraiH ae?ire to enter our solemn protest againsi tne unusual. unprecedented and revolutionary action of the Shell convention. "As Democrats, wg cannot witness ; without protest the control of our party by a faction. As agriculturists, < we will not permit our honorable oc- i on pat ion to be de.cp*aded inio a spoilsman's machine. As citizens.we , w111 not l>e silent under misrepresen ? IT n - J. _4 . it _ . tanon. \>e. ne:ieve iuai m uiese declarations \vi voice the- sober opinions of th.j majority of our Democrat c farmers. ' The sueceft3 of the 'Tillman movement' under the '.Shell call' would mean the discredit of the Democratic parly by it sell'. Ic would embroil the party, make local quiet impossible and check the industrial development of the State. lu the eye* of the country it would bo r? verdict a^aimst the Democracy of South Carolina. Vv'e confidently appeal to that Democracy to arouse itself and to j j i support our protest against me ngr- ] grandizement of one man at such cost to the State."' j Col. Dargan made a short apoc-;^h 1 in Trliit'li lie said ihe ^aat of proper ] enlightenment gave Tillman many of i kis followers and tkat politic*] edu- > nation through th-a medium of public j :liseuHsion would be the destruction 1 of Tilhnuiuain. Pie paid that when i the discussion ends Tillmanism will 'na iaa nitiful minority andiraeDem- j oci'&cy in a vast majority. < A Ivi:>i in SlcConaick. j Augusta, April 21.?News of ;i liot } in McComiiek. S. C.. is reported heve tonight. The particulars. as learned < by your correspondent, are that ' i Mr. S turkey, one of the three brothers, reported Dr. Calhoun, j ? sliil/mnct f.vi' nrr Trltio],-o\- on Sunday. An officer went to arrest the doctor. and he pulled out his . Winchester rifie and opened live. Tho officer, it is said, was struck by the bullet and seriously wounded. Other ' citizens then took a hand, and a { jloocly riot has been going on ever ! since Several persons, names un- x inown. are said to be fatally shot. J Report has it that the light still con- t :.:nues, and tonight worse trouble is , expected. 1 McCormick, April 21.?The town 1 onsiuble and 1>. P. Calhoun, urns- { ^ rlst hero, became involved m a ann:ulty. in which Callioun was badly ;hot. The wildest excitement lias 7 prevailed here since 12 o'clock today j Uallioun lias been aircsted. * t t ?A Meadville. Pa., man tells of a d eciD". battle in that city between a 1; *"? s*t*v?1 IV* Zm Jillii'-' ruu&iei ?uuu ,m Jii jj he rooster knocked old "Wisdom" >ut in loss than a minute. The victor vas then pitted against another h ooster. which soon fell before hint I The owner of the game then offered a :o pit him against a bull dog. The t' natch was wade and the bird trim- h iied the dog up in a very brief period, t' joining out of the tight almoat as o :resh as when he began. h LEKT NAKED TO THEIR ENEMIES j rhe Sorry 1'Il^ht in Which Ladies W?-r?* i Put by an Obd?r?!f SfaK-rJJf. Bc'iilingtok. Iowa. Anrii 24.?Bur- i in^toTi s ioiir hundred uix* iiornbiy j shock W owr the piPviiOanitnt h\ n t.-amlxT of their young ladus : LOiUid iheimselrcs r the close oi ; IT* R-lHltt'HV uli! -*?7 * ?.* f'ljrf I Opera Hou*e last The- ouiertainmeiit Lad been ^'uU?i ap by * i?r. and Mi 5. Howe, traveling laatntitt]?o r-rvnic Ler? Bom-.* tire \feck? iuto and begin the rehenrsal of a r&rdivai inilitRire, ?. rather pretty and beautifully entertainment. Sir. ftn-1 Atrs. H:>:.re furnished the ; soPtumes. the participant# rrere j %i\ promine.;!'. of Christ Epia- i oopai Church (tuiM, Y/hieh had tho j Kit'-rtftumject in charge. M-v.-t of lh? young ir.dies li>id doc- j ned ihcii . "si.unie r.t home before go- \ ip.j; n- litter. Daringfhe eveiiiiij,*? /: f;m a neighboring ciry.-./p w ij iai Attachment o* the Witirv! pa; .pi.'tTimli.i when tho curtail: Ml <:n the iast act. The VOr.lH' ISii w hr.vrifioi? tviipti m. formed thai tl.t-y could not take the jyluiiic, the building. Agiv&t hubbub * but the fcherijT was , -:: i ihe result was the young lgdios v<>n? compelled to gc homo in d'x Yilynegligo attire. The phenyl has prostrated the four hundred. I' siafc Dxoes. A Chicago man, in repairing an old tola, found .-imoiiK other articles that bad clipped bet^ve?>u the back and feai, twenty-eight n.-atchca. This (lisrorsiiy in not a very important one. but :t points the moral that :1 loss rreJilcss c&r?lessnrss was used in the promiscuous scattering of these little agents of combustion, there might be so ranch monotony about the pin'ase in the (hiily papers: "The origin of the tirv? could not be satisfactorily ascertained." NEWS FOR NEGROES. Horrors of the Kmijrraiii's Life in tlio .uissis'ippi weu;i?;i rooi.v?r? i-juj^niut Keturn Home After Sad Trials Thrilling experiences < f North Carolina negro emigrants to ^Mississippi which more than xival the disclosure of Georgia prison life by the New York World, were related to a Chronicle reporter by one of the escaped captives. On last Friday afternoon, five negro men arrived in Charlotte foot-sore, tired, and hungry. They had walked all the way from the Del:a of the Mississippi River, just below Jackscn, Mississippi, since February 15?h, without any food save that winch they beared. Thev said tliev freouently wont without food for two or three days, and when thoy arrived in Charlotte they had had nothing to eat for three days. At one time they fasted four days. Henry Jones, Frank Price. George Smith. David Young, and Richard Clenirnons, are the names of the five who escaped from the tortures of the negro pen of the Delta of the Mississippi. They aro emigrants who started from Knoxville, Term., on tlie 6th of last May, ?ind came by Char- i lotte and Atlanta, gathering recpuits all the way to the latter place. About fifty went from this city, anil when the- train left Atlanta there were nine | ear loads. According to Henry Jones, one. of tlie escaped party, they were carried to the Mississippi at a point just low Jackson, by rail and then carried across by steamer. When landed on the other side they were marched to a saw mill and turpentine farm in the Delta, at a short distance from the river. This farm of about 400 acres was i . J i / . _ BZiCiUKCU uv :i leuce -s.: itrft uj^jll. uujj.l of slabs from the saw mill. The negroes were marched inside, and the gates were locked. They were given a day to look around and become acquainted with their surroundings but were told that they must rise tiie next morning :it the sound of the bugle. At 4 o'clock the bugle bounded, .aid every one that did not rise immediately was Hogged with a cowhide in the hands of the white overseers. According to Henry's story, which 4v?l/3 in o cfr/ltf-fArvor^ monn^v nv tv/AU iia (V nuiu^iibiVA * * ???. v*. - - . with evidence of trnth in his demeanDr. the negroes were subjected to all cnanner of cruelties. Tlie women were given a task of one-half an acre each to pile logs and bum brush. If they failed to complete the task they were flogged by the overseers. The men were given tasks by the half-day. it the different occupations connected with the saw mill and distillery; and if they failed thoy were flogged at noon and at night. Henry says that a number of thorn was whiDDed everv da v. They were not allowed to write anything about J iifiv treatment to any one outside j :iio i)en. They were required to work | from 4 o'clock in the morning' until iark in the evening, with an hour and { i half for dinner. They were pro- i < tided with rude huts, furnished with j beds made of guano sacks for ticking i md stuffed with straw. The}* were i ' ;ed on bear meat, peas, and corn !?read. Ail of their wants were sup3 ? ;?TPk^:,. [JJULt.aU UUc Ui Lilt? CUUlUIl&5iU^. ; wages were paid them in checks which ! kverc good for anything at the com-1 nissary, no cash being paid them; until the fall, and then the checks j ivere cashed for married men only, j 3 Henry says no attention was paid ! :o the sick, tliey being left to the care j3 jf the small children. Medicine j :*ould be bought at the commissary, i, jut no physician was provided to ad-1 minister it. Many of tlie negroes , consequently died from the lack of ' billt'ilU UUt JLitrw vxir*r? >?tn j itantly coming in. After one year's j 3 imprisonment in the pen they were to j' 30 transferred to another farm where j ' nore liberty was to be given them, j ] Henry anu live other friends, all of j ' .vliom went, from Knoxville. could not ( ;tand the treatment a year, and they ^ ;uc?;ceded in eluding the night w itc-hm 11. and scaled the walls of the pen < >y means of a notched pole. Isaac i Jothran, who was injured by falling! mm flift wjJL was cawtured. The ; i >thers escaped, and paid the ferry- j j nan at i lit- river their ?3"> hi checks j ? o put them across the river. They : hen continued to walk, until they i ( cached here Friday afternoon.? !. charlotte Chronicle. j < ? ? ?At March, England, a llama or 11 Peruvian giraffe gave birth to a gi . . voafl-w ?<-> iiir. Biimincfi nf f Vio <v4L_ r. endants. The baby giraffe was able - a 0 sec a few hours after birth, and the ! c aanager fully expects to ^be able short- 7 y to exhibit it as the first giraffe born e 1 England. ! j s ?The Lexington County committae i j, as sent a bitter letter to. Governor ; Vl lichardson. accusing liiin of violating direct promise in failing to furnish i he affidavit or which 'YiJJfe Leap-: - . ... i .... ; ^ i.?; .cave V.*as repi":tr>e?.; ujjji^ be extract from iii?* Columbia R ?m >r; L j n "vvhicli lie bused his refusal to keep i is promise. jjp t T V * FA1' IS WORTH I When . olietld io msiue in uLlic.rut; - mi rv.\L. ufk - , ? - >-r o w ! d to roar Jh-st consideration the Life LlsuraTice Institution ai'viiiiiahes in all tiie feature* of ! tinanciid security. 1. It is the 01 Joist active Life Iusuran< 2. It is lli- Largest Life Insurance Co 3. I; isihe Strongest financial Listifcu ing to more than One Hundred and 4. It is the Safest Company in which 5. It is the Cheapest Company in v returns reducing the final cost of i Company. (3. This GREAT CORPORATION hj policy holders in Cash Surplus, in t of ?73,000,000, which is nearly el: Combined Returns ati-ained by tlie rr. CjD> DEPOSIT YOUR SURPLUS MONEY IN THE COMMERCIAL BANK, i -OF? COLUMBIA. S. C. One dollar tuid upwards received. T__ 1. J- -X i-1 i.- ,.r A - ~ .-t JUUK-'resi aii uiu iaui ui * j/si uv;i annum, paid quarterly, on the lust days of February, May, August and \ November. Married women and! minors can keep account in their own ; name. Higher rates of interest al- : lowed by special arrangement C. J. Iredell, President. Jno. S. Leajphakt, James Ikedbll, Vice-President. Cashier. j i ! . ?1 ? ? | Talbott & Sons. Kitasoss), v?., Maflufa o t a i* W'li 'i:rr.itih in".*.*: ,?t:ai.irr ?>." *il kiuos < f \SA<iilNEKY. EXitlNES AND BOILER--, tsa \rr MI LI,S a NI) <JSI > r MILLS, (O'FIOJf GIN5. PRES^E^ AND ELEVATORS BRICK AND TILING MAt HINERY, PLANERS AND WOOD - WORKIMJ MACHINERY, }9?f" VV"r11? to >u*j Jar ?f ?. uvis?jrV. C. BADHAM. Geu'! Agent, Colusa vi*. S. 6. VALLEY MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION ?OF? rmim. if. EESKINE MILLER, President. ASHEE AYEES, Secretary. J. FEED EFFINGEE. Treasurer. o Began Business September 3, 1878. o Keserve Jt'unrt $ius.uuu. (Invested in Bonds and Mortgagee on Eeal Estate.) o Insurance in Force, over $10,000,000. Annual Premium Income, over $260,000. Death-losses paid, over... $1,700,000. Of which over $200,000 has been paid in South Carolina. 255 162 YSAIL asiilWASiS PQLI5Y, 1 Ci irntTTlf V T> TT T* TT T? AO L> 1 XUL3 VililYiremi L1?2AS36CIA?H3 0? TO^EIA, Possesses the following ATTRACTIVE FEATURES: % 1st Its Premiums are lixed and made n part of tho policy contract. 2nd. It offers the lowest possible rates consistent with security. 3rd. Its policies are incontestable ' after three years. 4th. It gives a paid-up policy after j 5ve vears. - i i eritv A Ar?/3 r\? cr.v ton C?IJU. JXt CllC vau \JJl C4ULLJ lA il ^ ^c*J- , I period the insured has the option of 311her taking, 1st, the surplus to his jredifc in cash. and continuing the policy at his then rate; or 2nd, allowng the surplus to be applied as a j \ ;redit *n future premiums during | :he following Ten Year period. j ( 6th: The policy is renewable at the ! Hid of any Ten Year period without! " e-examination. 7th. The policy-holder participates n the profits of the Company by *? - * .1. AVi ^"V A VI Lilt* t li Txmvii \jx ti-tc: oui[/xuo it the end of Ten Year period. 8th. Its form of policy is a model / brevity, being simply a promiso to ?T- " I 9th. It has no restriction as to, ravel. j 10 th. Being free from all teebni-1 alitiea and the policy-holder being I llowfd to participate in the profit*;! if th* Company, coupled with the i ery low rate of cost, it presents an! ' i* / xeecdiii&Iy Httiactno loiin 01 m-; t immre.j J C Act;*? and reliable agents otm' i.nke liberal tonus by applying, with J n bfereace. t< > LEE HAGOOD, Stale A^eiit. Columbia. S. G. ' y'i ;i:- : -Ji: ' ?i.si ! Jl. .* oiy, .k <v. i. V.'rjv--.i t-SJi. <Jl ifc K / .' j ?Im?mbw^ iTiri*? IFJ UMBERING 1 i (vr.?.s, remember that A \X*lTU\%iX - rOMFANY ^ "jT ? i i, since it holds the formest place ^ is of the world, and offers superior ] business. together witli unequalled l*6 Company in thin Country. J inpjuir in the World tioii i;i tlie World?its assets ainoun. Twenty-six Millions of Dollary. * * to insure. rliicli to insure, its large dividend insurance below that of any other dt as earned for and paid out to it& :w?nty-cns years, die enormous sum J *ven million dolLirs more than the next TWO leading companies. WARD L. 6EKSASI). Gexkeal Agent, Columbia, S. C. ^V.-aogwg%a'wini mi ?m mt* t\ tmmmammtmmm * m ^% ;f / -j -v-4 0?s?K, $ 3 *v* ? :; & Hi BJjc' &ii?irr I V 1 > W- .1 %AK?S^Hy^/ -1 f*Uss**a $f" labor .JfcS LESSENS pWfi'n rn LIFE 1 "UUHVcsU'? . i v?> ?-7 wmrmmffU 'rtiii " RADFiELD REGULATOR CG. .aT-*-tf ecu) arAuozirc.*&~~ . ^ Agent* wante<I to I" is a jj^rfrvt ^ h?-1I I'inWs Clotlies JwEJ itn<*, SxiaI.ines; no more * pie liiie 6t clotli.'s risis nf^-tMi. ? m.-.i' for .Vv.. ulso I-ho'rl* rh<?b?"?Tesi ?*9?vry-j 50f?. 11fie b? arid 5 n ? ? !. lubrios f*? m?i! fl.SS r-'"*sr 5 t ? o n 1 ?*?*. * ?? ? -* >-a4/T Kir sirenCloth** do r. >1 fr'-.-ze '0 ! l*?rs.prw l?*?. ie in* lt.flT.-d e<*blow (?tt. j :.ddr>"s? t>?c PiM.iss rLOTrffcg LINK C(>.. 17 Km or Jt.. Woro^HiPi-. M > * ?. "': - :-r^a i i felp^ ' - r " " '>< . ? Greys MADE WITH BOiUNG WATER. \ GRATEFUL-C0.MF0R7ING. MADE WITH BOiL'A'G _ <3" rr " vr-~.r ~*n-~r-?r' "" ?~/T J {L ?I. ?!? </". - " * * :?..-r r> -rc^t ;' '] *%A r?^.w -~ ..:. -.-y.-rtr-t? ?? i? - >? - * x| C o; ?* * ?;* .*? 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