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QUESTION.
When you are old, and I an old, ^
Aim I K?iuq 3 uxts mc uumcu njcJiiucj.-,
And life is as a tale that's told.
And only worth what love remembers.
If w?* should meet?two quiet folk?
And change opinions of the weather,
Could word or look again provoke
The heart and eyes to speak together?
The heart benumbed with so much iche,
The eyes bedimmed with so much crying?
Do buds long blighted ever break,
And green the vine already dying?
What hand of skill shall draw the line
"TWixi soraia Jove anu xioiv passiuu.
What art shall fix the unfailing sign,
And bring its reading into fashion?
What is the meaning of it all,
The chastened woe, the vanished sweetness,
If dark Oblivion's night shall fall
Forever on its incompleteness?
When you are dead, and I am dead,
Our faces lost, our names unspoken,
Shall then the mystery be read?
Can Heaven * bind what Earth has
broken?
In clearer light and fairer day,
With finer sense the impulse proving,
Unfettered of this hindering clay.
UD, wnat must oe xae joy 01 iu\ uijj.
ISABEL;
) OR (
"Prom Shop to Mansion.
rhs Romantic Story of a Dress
Maker's Rise in Life.
RY Mrs. F. M. HOWAhD.
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iCopyriq?it6d% 2S59.
p|?s!fc r CHAPTER L
' "^F that bow was a
"Oil ^tl-e more t0 the
jfitf/P' Jj/\ Ti]| right?a half inch,
.? '" 5?|i say?I think I should
1 ^ ^ I ^ better." The
sP?aker %vas a
^jg imperious - looki n g
.. *;3| woman, and the girl
1 tS.M whom she addressed
?^IkLL iia<^ iust tie<* the
~-oS*32h?7 vi/>n ctr*mcrc nf an
elegant bonnet for
Ip.l \ her inspection in the
V i / y " J ,V full-length mirror.
\\( * "Very well, mad?
am; I can alter it for
yoa in one moment." The girl's tone was
fully as haughty and cold as madam's own,
and there was not a symptom of cringing
in the proud face of -that shop-girl." as
Mrs. Monteith mentally designated her.
She was used to servility and fawning, and
of being flattered and told how exceedingly
well every thing became her, and, consequently.
was not pleased with this quiet atr
tendance.
Dear me, what an awkward bow you
how r? ;inr? Mrs. Monteith petulantly
twitched the strings of the bonnet spitefully,
as she took it off for the alteration.
Isabel Grant looked at her half defiantly,
then took the bonnet in her hand, with a
strong effort at repression, and biting her
lip until it bled to keep tack the words
which lonsred to break out in a torrent and
overwhelm this aristocratic lady in her violence.
She had been in a stormy humor all day,
and from the first customer in the morning,
: ho fat woman who tried on every hat on
the rack, and departed with the purchase
->f a hat-pin, to this haughty Mrs. Monteith
at three in the afternoon, she had been
rasped and tortured, until every nerve was
in a ouiver.
"Blessus. Isabel Grant, you look like a
thunder-cloud!" said lively Jennie Dewey,
is Isabel came back to the work-room for a
needle.
" Get up your lightning rods, then, if you
ire afraid of a storm." replied Isabel,
briefly. She was in no humor for joking,
?ven with Jennie.
-I'm sure I don't see any need of using
Mme. Arnot's needle," saiiianother; "you
have pins and needles enough in your expression
to supply the whole shop."
"For shame, girls; you can't help seeing
I hat Isabel is tired and worn out with waittup
on those trying customers."
* - ^ -T- s3 ~4.
Xtie VOlCe was a soi i., xeu tic uuc, <uiu ao
its sound the lively girls ceased their tantalizing
laughter and looked gently at the
speaker; it was sweet Lottie Ford, the lame
girl, whose tender sympathies for others
was born of int'-ise suffering, and Isabel,
having secured her needle, stooped and
kissed the white, blue-veined forehead of
the girl as she turned to leave the room.
' You have always a soothing word, you little
white dove," she said, in a half-whisper,
and a gentle expression came over her face
as she made her way back to Mrs. ilonteith.
It was a very fashionable establishment,
its nlate-e'lass show
windows were marvels of tasteful beauty,
iiung with airy laces and bright designs in
ribbons; the show-room itself had Utile to
Indicate the character of the establishment
except one large rack in the center of the
room, hung with trimmed hats, and the row
on row of band-boxes on the handsome
shelves where the choicest specimens of
pattern hats and Parisian styles were kept.
Elegant mirrors hung on all sides; easy
chairs and little sofas were scattered about
for the convenience of the fashionable
ladies, whose labors in shopping were supposed
to be so exhaustive, but woe to the
unlucky shop-girl who should dare sit down
on these inviting rests, for Mine. Arnot
was a strict disciplinarian and indulged in
no inconvenient sympathy for her work
people. A mere snop-gtrt was not supposed
to be tired, and if she was there were
plenty of good, hard chairs in the work
room, provided she fount? any time to use
one.
.._^?-^Ime. Arnot had 110 idea of being a
harslfmistress; in fact she prided herself
exceedingly on her Christian virtues, and
considered herself a particularly amiable
[>crson; indsed among a certain class of her
customers she was spoken of as that
"sweet person," Mrae. Arnot, but the title
never extended to the work room.
She was a small woman, with blue eyes
which were capable of a variety of expressions;
to the rich Mrs. Monteith they
beamed with good nature and pleasant emotions;
to Isabel Grant, the poor shop-girl, a
paid pernon, they could flash with a tyrannical
gleam that transformed the plump,
pretty face completely-.
Mme. Arnot had been once poor herself,
bitterly poor, and had lisen by various
stages to the position she now occupied, and
commend me to that person who, with a
mean, selfish heart to begin with, rises from
poverty to affluence for an example of tbe
snob perfect; one who will grind her poor
dependents down to the very smallest powder
and make them feel her power to the
uttermost
To say that Isabel Grant felt this amiable
quality in JIme. Arnot's make-up is a feeble
term; it stuns her, degraded her, filled
her very soul with bitterness from day to .
day. but as yet she had seen no escape from ;
it, for she had her bread to earn.
Ttie season was almost over, and only this
morning Isabel had received a letter from .
her aunt, with whom she had always lived,
and it was filled with bitter complaints of
;x>verty, of the husband's drunkenness, and
sad bewailings of her hard lot, which sent
;he girl's heart, throbbiu^with pain, down,
down like lead, and made her feel as if she
had no right in that already over-crowded
home.
She was no tender-eyed heroine who could
yo iuto that disordered household and, with
treutle words and saintiy influences, lure
coarse John Harmon from his cups ana be
a. tower of strength to the long-suffering
wife. No, indeed! she felt only too clearly
that, harassed, goaded and over-worked as
she had been, she would only prove another
aieuier.t of discord there, and she longed,
with tierce intensity, for some refuge which
would take her from it.
"Miss Grant, if you can not look more
pleasant you had better retire to the wcwk
room and let Miss Dewey take your place."
>aid Mine. Arnot, coldly, as Mrs. Monteith
swept out to her carriage, followed by
Isabel's flashing eyes. "Your expression
is enough to drive customers away, instead
jf attracting them."
Taey were alone for a moment, and Mme.
Arnot took the opportunity to speak her
reproof, but another party coming in she
.vas all smiles in a moment.
There were several in the party, and dosanding
immediate attention, else Isabel
u-Duld only too gaidiy have followed Mme.
Amot's advice. ar:d retreated to the work
room. Upon so small a thread our destinies
sometimes ban?, but cno uf Vhem, a bright
young lady, who was evidently about to become
a b"ide. ciaimed her attendance.
Two gentlemen came in with them, a tali.
dressed us "Uncle Harvey, ' and a younger
gentleman, evidently the bridegroom-elect.
It was a pleasant task to wait upon this
gentle girl after the rasping experiences 01
the day, and while 5Ime. Arnot smiled
lavishly on the elder ladies of the party Isabel
brought out the daintiest and most exquisite
models of the millinery art for the
inspection of the younger lady,who received
her attendance with a sweetness and grace
which soothed and comforted her in spite
of herself.
The elder of the srentlemen had thrown
himself upon a little sofa, and was watching
proceedings with silent attention.
Isabel was not a handsome girl. She
realized this painfully when placed in contrast
with those more favored, but there
was in her face an interesting expression
which attracted more attention than she
knew; her eves, which were large and full,
were really fine when lighted up with feeling,
or brilliantly electric when in passion:
her hair, if allowed to curl, would shapeitself
into long, glossy ringlets which well became
the haughty poise of her head; but aside
from these redeeming features Isabel was
undeniably plain; yet few gave her a passing
glance, and surely this elderly stranger
was not doing so, for he fixeJ his eyes upon
her and watched her ever}' movement with
intense interest.
"Isn't that hat perfectly lovely on Lilly?"
said one of the ladies. "I never saw any
thing more perfectly in her style."
It was indeed a gem, as bonnets go, and
was further adorned by the pure, gentle
face which it framed.
"ilrs. General Lansing ordered one just
like it for her daughter; you know they
spent their honeymoon in Europe, and the
bride was exceedingly particular," said
Mme. Arnot; she was all smiles, as these
customers were looking at her best goods,
and Isabel was redeeming herself in her
eves, as she waited on the young bride-to-be
with pleased interest.
' How do you like it, Uncle Harvey?" and
the young lady whirled gracefully on one
toe, interrupting the gentleman in a brown
study.
'' Me? Oh, I really am not a judge of millinery/'
he replied, rather absently. "Besides,
the absurdity of asking me for an
opinion when Ralph is here."
" She knows only too well what my opinion
is," said the younger man, gallantly.
More badinage was gayly tossed back anil
forth, and more hats were brought out and
tried on, and amidst the merriment Isabel
had forgotten her troubles; even her aunt's
unhappy letter had faded from her mind,
and she was smiling cheerfully with the
rest, and for the moment forgot that she
was only a shop-girl, so soothing was Lilly
Stanford's gentle manners and pretty
speech.
Finally the purchases were made, and the
party were ready to go.
" Why, aren't you going with us, Uncle
Harvey f' said Lilly, as the elderly gentleman
remained on the sofa, hat in hand.
"If you'll excuse me, I believe I'L do no
more shopping to-day. You see you have
given me no opportunity to select a hat for
myself,'' he added, laughingly, "and I can
easily walk home when I tind one to suit
me."
"Quite likely he is going to look up a
suitable present lor ljiiiy," saiu one ui tu?
eider ladies, nodding her head sagacicush*,
"since he can not slay f or the wedding."
Meantime Mr. Harvey Falconer had
stepped up to Isabel, as she was arranging
the deons of the last invasion of bandboxes,
and, as the carriage drove away, he
said, gravely: "Pardon me, miss, for such
an apparently unpardonable liberty, but I
would lilie very much to see you alone,
with madam's permission,'' *vith a, bow to
lime. Arnot smiling behind uer counter.
She would have been supercilious under
other circumstances, but this man's family
were among her best customers, so she restrained
her surprise, and said, politely:
"Miss Grant, show Mr. Falconer to the
parlor up stairs," but there was a trace of
suppressed coldness and disdain after all
Vk/vi* emiioc onH ViOT- marital MTTI.
ycucau. uuw
men: was: "What can Harvey Falconer have
to say to teat shop-girl?"
Isabel led the way to a small but handsomely-furnished
parlor on the second floor,
and as her companion dropped into the
easy chair which she wheeled out for him.
he handed her his card, saying: "I hardly
know how to commence this interview,
which must seem so very strange to you,
but 1 have found myseif taking a remarkable
interest in you as I have been watching
you in the shop, and I wish to inquire
into your history, so far as ii. uecessary for
a clear understanding between us, and I, in
,ivr> Txrill trivA vnn mv nxvn."
WU. ~ J ^
"My history is soon told," said Isabel,
with a half smile. "I am Isabel Grant, an
P\v/, )l ote.
Mlmm
"now DO YOU LIKE IT, CXCLE HARVEY
orphan, and my home has been with an
aunt who is poor like myself; my home is
not a happy one." She wondered at herscif
that she could give these particulars so
freely to one whom she had never seen before,
but there was something in this man's
face that was kind and reassuring, and,
without being able to explain why, she felt
as if there was no strangeness in his request.
He looked at her kindly and search in gly.
"You are heart-whole?" he said, inquiringly.
"Perfectly so," she replied; "I have had
no time for love-making. I will not deny
I have had my dreams of a home, and my
ideals of what that home should be; but,
sir, why do you ask me these questions?"
She looked at him fearlessly and inquiringly.
' First let me return your confidence, and
I will answer your questir " he replied.
"T n t-no vif o rrr\ T KhvJa/1
JL rtUi ?v ? Vk *wi. , U > V/ J? VCfci O J. OUl 1VU
my life's dearest hopes, in the person of my
wife, whom I loved more tenderly even than
I knew until I was forced to give her up. ]
thought, then my heart was broken, and
that I could never love again. I am something
of a mind-reader, and while you were
waiting upon my niece I studied you carefully,
and I saw in your face the index to a
m:nd akin to my own.
"Never, since my darling Mattie died, have
[ seen a woman who seemed, like her, to be
a part of myself, and as I looked at you, and
felt this mysterious drawing towards you, I
resolved that, however strange and unconventional
the proceeding might be, 1 would
ask for this interview and make your acquaintance."
Isabel smiled a little skeptically: " Your
interest is indeed strange, sir, toward a
humble workwoman. If I were in the
higher walks of life, such as I imagine you
to be familiar with (he had an air of quiet
good-breeding which justified her assertion),
the interest would be moT'e natural; as it
is, perhaps I am vicious and designing as
well as poor."
"No, you are not." he replied, positively.
"I have made faces a study, and I read no
bilitv in yours, true, the circumstances you
Vi-1,-.^ mnnTlnn*^ m?V iiaVC ieilt 11 blttei* tlllgC
to your character; I could readily believe
that, for I do not imagine poverty, dependence
or continual strife calculated to bring
out the best emotions of the soul, but. Miss
Grant, I read unswerving integrity in your
face, undeveloped power, :md ;;n ability to
control self that 1 am assured will make
*- : .o., tiovrt rho nr\.
you a nooie woman, n ,n'u ~ v~
portunity for the development of these better
qualities.''
"But, sir. granted that this supposition
is correct, how can it bo helped ?"
This view of her case was an inspiring
one, in spite of the fact that it came from
one so entirely a stranger; she had
groaned in spirit under the knowledge that
she was growing every day more un
; amiable ?nd frcuui.
Sou- muVa of this was due to mere
; physic:.! disability sha did not, realize, but,
; r.i: imcs, it seemed as if she could not bear
another pinic;e of strain upon lier over-1
> strung1 nerves. i
The time had been when she could bear j
I Mine. Amor's almost intolerable arrog-ance
with, gooi nature, could endure,'
John Harmon's coarseness with patience, I
and help her aunt bear her heavy burdens
with tender sympathy, but that time had
passed by. and she little realized how near
she was to a complete breaking down, both
j physical and mental.
t: rn"? ?" on incnrvorohlo "ha
| - iut; jimtiu
j rier; the unhappy home is growing more
I and more tangible and unalterable, and my
position as dependent upon Mme. Arnot's
freaks of temper, or others just like her,
seems just as inevitable as before." She
spoke bitterly now; the remembrance of
her aunt's letter loomed up before her, and
all the trials of her lot seemed doubly unbearable
in the light of this glimpse of
better things, and she dropped her head
upon her hands in dejection.
' >"o. Dot inevitable," said Sir. Falconer,
slowlv: "there is another life before you
where none of these things can come. I
;aa offer you a home," she raised her head
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SHE SPOKE BITTERLY NOW. -.- _ ?
with a startled expression "where there
is plenty and peace at least, and through
the medium oi' which I hope to win your
love in due time. This home is with me,
and as my wife. Will you marry me?"
CHAPTER II.
' I am aware that my proposition is a
strangely startling one," said he, geatlv, as
Isabel ioolced at him with clasped hands as
if in a dream; ''but I leave the city to
morrow, ana 1 wis a 10 iuite .vuu witu me,
and release you at once from the hardening
influences by which you are surrounded."
"To-morrow!"' said Isabel, repeating the
words after him, mechanically; release
from all these harassing things to-morrow,
and through such an unlooked-for medium,
no wonder the girl was dazed.
" But your family, your friends, what
will they say to your marrying ashop-girlT'
she said, her mind going back to gentle
Lilly Stanford, irrelevantly, because it
ready had so little to do with, the matter,
but feeling for the moment as if scorn and
aversion toward her in that sweet young
face would be more than sho could bear;
worse, indeed, than her present ills.
"My family!" he replied, haughtily; "fortunately
I am entirely independent of their
fancies, and fuilj- old enough to choose for
myself; besides, they are sensible and kind,
and if I am happy, will love you for my
sake, until they can do so for their own.
Take a little time, Miss Grant, and think
over the matter calmly before giving me an
answer, i can give you undoubted reference
as to my character before the marriage."
"Onequestion,"she said,gravely; "I have
seen what a love of stimulants can do in a
home whether it be rich or poor, and I have
vowed sacredly never to marry a man who
indulged in them, even in the lea:>t degree."
She looked at him interrogatively.
"Pave no fears in that respect," ho replied,
earnestly. *'I despise any thing of
the sort as much as you can do, and I honor
you the more for your resolve in regard to
it. I never use liquor in any form."
She raised her eyes and looked in his face
long and searchingly; she, too, had a faculty
for reading faces, or rather her instincts
read for her, and rarely betrayed
her; she saw in this case an honest manliness
in thrj face before her which inspired
her with confidence, and going to him she
stretched out her hands, sajing, with a
tearful smile: "Mr. Falconer, if you are willing
to abide the consequences of this impulsive
act, I will accept your offer, and
earnestly strive not to disappoint you."
He rose, and taking her hands in his, said
quieuy: "Jtsaa.u uc (.uc&iuuy <->1 m.> wc w
convince you that your informal choice is a
wise and happy one. I leave the city tomorrow
at 2:15. Shall we fix the ceremony
at one, in this room?" ,
' As you please/' replied Isabel; she was
yet too bewildered to give attention to details.
"Very well, I will call in the morning at ;
nine, and ask Mme. Arnot for permission to
use her room.1
"Isabel Grant, do, for pity's sake, tell us
what Harvey Falconer could wish to see :
?/oil for.'' cried Mme. Arnot, who "was in the :
work-room when Isabel entered it at last,
with a preoccupied, far-away look in her (
eyes.
"We are dying to know!" said Jennie
Dewey: "has he gone into the millinery
business and offered you a position as saleswoman?"'
The idea of Isabel and bonnets i
seemed inseparable.
"HQhas offered me a position," replied
Isabel, dreamily, "not as a saleswoman,
but as his wife." ..J
44 His wifealmost screamed lime. Arnot !
in her surprise; "Harvey Falconer, the
millionaire; nonsense, girl, you're joking." |
"The millionaire.'" It was Isabel's turn
now to be surprised; she had thought little '
of his position in life, and had supposed him
to be a comfortable tradesman, or, to come
nearer the truth, she had had no definite
thoughts on the subject except as rns woras,
"peace and plenty,' suggested a home of
comfortable abundance, and she sank into
a chair trembling. "I'm not joking," she |
said, faintly, "but I had no idea he was "
man ot such wealth when I accepted him.M
"There will be a fine humming among his
aristocratic friends when they hear he has
married a shop-girl," said Mme. Arnot, ,
scornfully; she had married a canal driver
in her days of poverty, in lieu of a better
offer, and through all her years of prosperity
he had remained the same, low, vulgar
and illiterate, a creatu ' to be kept out of !
sight o* her present circle of friends, so far
as possible, and it galled her and filled her
11 cT-iVi.it & <rirl. hitherto
dependent upon. her for lier daily bread,
should by one stroke of fortune rise so high
above her in the social scale which she
would occupy as Harvey Falconer's wife.
' But there's no danger! He's fooling you,
girl; he'll ncv?r marry you!"
' Tune will tell," was Isabel's quiet reply. 1
It seemed to her now, in the family atmosphere
of the work room, that it was all a
dream, and that Mme. Arnot's disdainful
words were only too reasonable, but, as she
had said, time would tell, and a very short
time, for Mr. Falconer's last words bad been:
' Expect me at nine to-morrow."
' In case of such an absurdity occurring, I
will give you just one year to get behind
my counter; no good resulcs could possibly
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come from suc& a strange auiance,-- auu
Mine. Arnot flounced out of the room far
from gracefully, and tho girls were left
alone.
"The spitefulold cat 1" said Jennie Dewey,
indignantly; "it's no wonder she envies you,
Isabel, in comparing Mr. Falconer with horrid
John Arnot; but do tell us all about it."
But Isabel could not; she was not, a gushing
or effusive girl, and her deeper feelings
especially were inexpressible. Mr. Fal
Tsr*_? '-tiese in his conversation,
and she could no n.^.? ^ve repeated it
than she could have brought out loT^r'-^ection
the tenderest of love making.
' It ail seems so unreal," she pleaded; "all
I can tell is that he propos ed to me and I accepted
him."
' For Miss Grant," said Ellice Ryan, coming
in from the shop at the moment with a
small package.
' That certainly looks hke tangible proof,"
said Jennie, as Isabel undid the package and
disclosed a plusti box which, when opened,
revealed an elesrant diamond ring. Mr. Fal
oner must have studied the slender white
lingers to advantage during his stay, for the
ring fitted her engagement finger to a
nicety. A new, sweet feeling stole into her
heart with the gift; she had not been used
to being considered and cared for, and a new
world was opening up before her; one of
responsibility also, for she held this man's
i
happiness as ivell as her own in her hands,;
and the question -whether or not she would;
fail in the trust committed to her was a
serious one.
'Dear me! you wouldn't catch me looking
so liiie an owi it i naa some one to sena mt;
diamond riDgs," cried Jennie, as Isabel!
turned the briiliant slowly around on her;
finger.
"Dear Isabel, I am so elad for you," said
gentle Louie Ford, rising and limping over
to her side, where she stood caressing the
waves of Isabel's dark hair, as she whispered
softly: "I believe he is a good man,
and that is worth more than gold or dia
monds."
"Yes. Lottie," replied Isabel, in a whisner
also; "yet that seems to De the last thing
others think of. If I could not have felt
that he was good and true, I would never have
consented."
Nine o'clock precisely brought Mr. Falconer
to the shop, where he proffered his request
with the air of a man who knew what
he was about. Madam was all smiles, and
seeing that the affair was a reality and near
at hand, began to alter her deportment toward
Isabel materially, in hope of gain to
herself: the future wife of a millionaire being
a person cf much more importance in
her eyes than plain Isa el Grant.
She cou:d not forbear one little malicious
shot, however, and she asked with a touch
of sarcasm in her honeyed tones: "Do your
friends, the St-m fords, attend ttie wedding ?''
"Mrs. Falconer will make the acquaintance
of my friends in her own home,
mauam," replied Mr. Falconer, coldly; he
understood the sarcasm perfectly, and resented
it.
"I observe that the ring fitted, Miss
Grant," he said, gravely, taking her hand;
there were too many curious eyes about to
indulge in aught but commonplaces.
"I wonder you could have guessed so accurately,"
she replied.
"At one, then, you will be ready," he continued,
still holding her hand.
"Yes." How strong he was; how his presence
swept away all the objections which,
t>iA flarknfiss and solitude of nicrht
had surrounded her, came trooping to her
mind, suggesting a thousand tormenting
thoughts and fears.
"If there are any expenses to be met you
will allow me to defray them," making a
motion toward his breast pocket Mme.
Arnot had withdrawn her fharp eyes for
the moment.
"Oh, no, no," and she shrank back
hastily; "1 have been frugal and am well
supplied for the present."
There was little accomplished in the
work room that morning, the prospect of
the wedding in the afternoon effectually
dissipating business ideas.
Isabel would almost have preferred leaving
her life at Alme. Arnot's where she had
taken it up, in tne worn room, dut; sne Danished
the idea as a sentimental one. All the
girls were to be present at the ceremony,
and Kiuv Ray remarked that they owed
Isabel a vote of thanks for gcttingthem a
srlimpse of madam's parlor, which, though
nothing grand in itself, she held sacred
from the intrusion of her shop-girls, but in
this instance she could not refuse therequest
of the rich Mrs. Falconer to be.
She was too busy during the short time
remaining to have many ideas aside from
packing her slender wardrobe into a trunk
several sizes too small for it. "I suppose the
next time you travel you will have a Saratoga
:runk with a cupola on it," said
Jenn;e, as she dextrously fitted Isabel's
' v'st hat into a box.
"The future looks like a vast untried
sea." veuiied Isabel. uso entirelv vaerue
that I make no calculations on what may or
may not come to me."
"Not even in the prosaic matter of a
trunk,*' laughed Jennie ;-'now, I should have
a whole wardrobe, hung with elegant
dresses, and half a jewelry store blocked
out in my mind if I stood in your shoes."
Isabel dressed herself in her best, a plain
brown silk, suitable for traveling, with
bonnet and wrap to match, and she looked
quite as stylish as ilrs. Stanford herself,
and Mr. Falconer looked at her in pleased
surprise as he, in company with a clergy
~
HiiilJ, Uaiuu iuiu tuu paiiUi, uo iiau uuaj
seen ber in her plain shop dress, and to-day
she had let down her hair and allowed it to
take its natural bent, the little tendrils
curling about her forehead and quite transforming
her x>lain face. "A decidedly finelooking
woman," was Harvey t^coner's inward
comment, "and will fit into her surroundings
like a charm." .
The solemn service was soon said, the
heavy wedding ring slipped into its place,
and after bidding the girls an affectionate
good-bye, Isabel Falconer -was handed tc
the carriage in waiting, and bade adieu forever
to her life at Mme. Arnot's, and it remained
to be seen whether Harvey Falconer
had read her character aright, or had mad?
a falsft mnvfi in th<> mitib nf lifA.
[To be continued.] |
A Stormy Session.
St. Paul, Minn., July 8.?The State
executive committee of the Farmer's Alliance
met here yesterday and later a
conference for the purpose of organizing
a new people's party in Minnesota was
held. Donnelly, who had been appointed
chairman ofthtfMinnesota committee by
the Cincinnati convention, presented the
ame of the full State committee. Sen"iA
isv/wIa*. /\f onfi_TlnnnolW
tllUJ. ULV1-L1 jJC, icauci ui iuv
Alliance faction, objected to the new
committee. Debate prew warm and
finally a compromise was adopted,
Lhough Donnelly objected strenuously.
A compromise committee of five announced
a new committee late in the afternoon
divided between two factions.
Another fight then arose on some member
of the committee. Ex-President Pt.
J. Hall denounced Editor Fish of the
Great West as a traitor and called him
a liar, when the latter attempted to defVm/l
Mmcolf Thp. rpnnrf, was adonted
and the new State committee met last
night.
Horrors of Heathendom.
San Francisco, July 3.?The steamer
China arrived this evening: from Hong
Kong and Yokohama. The threatened
riot at Nanking took place. The Meth odist
girls'school was attacked, pillaged
and burned on May 25 bv a Chinese
rabble. Several other mission buildings
were attacked and would have been
demolished but for the interference of
soldiers sent bv the vicerov after urgent
appeals from the missionaries. Further
rioting is expected at Kin Kiang.
The outbreaks are said to be the work
of secret societies, the prime object not
being to injure foreigners, but to entangle
the Chinese Government in
foreign complications in the hope that
thereby a successful insurrection may
be started. At Tanlang on June 1 a
mob pillaged the mission building, overpowering
the mandarin and soldiers.
The Christian cemetery was dug up,
the heads piled in a heap and the man
darin dragged to the spot Dy His queue.
The Governor of Annan reports beheading
of twenty-live ringleaders in the
troubles at Nichu.
The Storm at Galventon.
Galveston, July 8.?The loss on
Galveston Island from Sundav night's
storm did not amount to more than
$1,500. The^citizens were more scared
than Hurt, xne nsuing smacK jjama,
commanded by Capt. Robert Frankovich,
was wrecked off Smith's Point, on
the north side of Galveston Bay, during
the squall Monday morning, and five of
the six men aboard of her were drowned.
Those drowned are: Robert Frankovich,
Frank Millovich, Fete Strangel,
Jack Speech, and an unknown man.
News of the terrible disaster was brought
to the city Monday evening by Vincent
Sagovitch, the solo survivor or the iittie
craft. The sloop Mattre left last night
to search lor the bodies of the unfortu
at a Dance.
Washington, Pi*., -'.uly 8.-An incident
occurred at McDonald, Washington
county, in which a young girl T^Ajjied
Margaret O'Hara lost her life. A nura*
ber of young folks were holding a dance
at McDonald and had the platform
lighted by coal-oil lamps, hung above
the heads of the dancers. One of the
lamps became detached, and falling at
the feet of Miss O'Hara, exploded,
which her clothes caught fire, and^^
was soon enveloped in flam?^E^
dames were soon extinguishec^B^HE
late to save her liie, as she^^^Rt
night in the most terrible ag|iffl||Pr
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY j
FOUR MURC?*ERS ELEC*ROCUT?0j
A*!' :sN<2 SiNG Pf.lSO.v.
Tlirre VTa* u T?fr!o!?i ?'jo<-k :?? > i jn is O-jllyion?Nothing
So 'itTrjf t!)i*
tors?'The Men Died Without, a Strug- j
Cle.
Sing Sing. 2s. Y., July 7.?The four)
miserable murderers?Sloe urn, Smilcr, |
Wood and Jugigo? wfre put to death J
here earlv this morning in the electrical i
chair; the first named at 4 20 y. rn. and
the others later, at interval of about i
half an hour apart?Jugigo, the last!
victim, receiving the deadly lightning j
stroke at 0.05 a. in.
Most of the men were awake when, [
shortly before 4 o'clock, the priests and j
the chaplain appeared. Chaplain Ed- i
gerton spoke a lew words of comfort
to Jugigo, when he told him that the
end was near, but the Jap did not receive
them in a grateful spirit, and the
chaplain passed on to Smiler's cell,
while the two priests busied themselves
respectively with Slocum and Wood.
The condemned men took very calmly
the announcement that the sentence
was about to be executed. They were
dressed when the chaplain and the
priests entered. Their clothing was
much alike?a suit of dark diagonal,
white shirt and collar and black tie.
About 4 a. m. the witnesses distributed
themselves about the death chamber.
The electrician was in charge of
the at?Daratus for measuring the cur
rent, which was fastened to the shle of
the closet opposite the entrance to the
cell room. It consisted of a volt-meter,
a resistance coil, and a row of twenty
incandescent lamps, each measuring
100 volts. A heavy switchboard formed
the connection between the wires from
the dynamo room at the other end of
the prison grounds and the wires in
the executioner's closet adjoining. A
push button communicated with a signal
bell in the dynamo room. When
the witnesses had ranged themselves
about the room, the electrician touched
this button once. The engineer responded
to the signal and start* d the
dynamos. They had been tested up to
3 000 volts during the morning. "When
the current bad been turned on the electrician
threw the switch which turned
it into the row of lamps above his
bead. They burst into a glow of light
that rivalled the daylight shining
through the canvass covering of the
the windows about the sides of the improvised
execution room.
The testing apparatus showed again
a satisfactory strength of current. The
electrician advised"the warden of this
fact. The warden went to the great
iron door at which stood one of the assistants,
whom he had appointed under
warrant of the law, and it was opened
to permit him to pass through, ile
was cone onlv a couple of minutes. In
that time he had notified Head Keeper
Connaughton. who was iu the condemned
cell room, that the chair was
ready for the first of the condemned
men.
The death warrant was not read to
the coodemned mea in the cell as was
done in the case of Kemmler. The
warden had said that he did not know
anything in the law requiring hiin to
read the death warrant. As a precautionary
measure he would read it, tut
not at the time of the execution?
sometime before, if possible. It was
? - -?""ant t liu mpn
nib WISfl IU piCYClilr Uli VV4JVA.
knowing that the first man had been
taken from his cell if it was possible to
do so. So the exit from the cell room
was made as quietly as possible. The
warden and the head keeper walked
ahead, then the condemned man, between
the two priests, Father Creeden
and Father LyDcb, then the two guards.
When the witnesses had gathered m
the chamber some of them appeared
wrv nervous, and ail showed signs of
great strain on their sensibilities,
islocum had been selected *s the lirst
j victim, and as soon as the good priests
i had finished their supplications, he
i said he was ready and stepped out of
j bis cell with alacrity. The walk to
death began. Following the Warden
and his deputy came ^locum, between
two priests, who held aloft in front of
him a crucifix, at which he steadfastly
gazed. Two keeper deputies brought
up the rear of the fatelul procession.
Slowly the heavy doors swuug back,
and with a solemn tread and mien the
little procession walked into the room
There silence of death prevailed.
They had but few steps to take. The
chair was directly in their front. As
the leaders parted the chair stood out
in all of its awfulness before the man
about to sit in it and die. Slocum
halted at the Warden's command just
on the edge ot the rubber mat which
was to protect those who were watching
his life go out. The doomed man's
gaze was riveted on the chair. Then it
wandered to the dangling wire and the
closet from which it was suspended.
Back to the chair it came like a needle
to the magnet, and he started as though
he had received a shock from the wire
when the Warden began reading the
death warrant, while the reverend men
engaged in silent prayer. The witnesses
were grouped to the left of the
chair. The scientists stood in front of!
the switchboard watchiag the current,
which they read like a book as it Hashed
in the lamps and through the recording
instruments. The executioner was
heard to rise from his chair in the closet
and place himself ready to do his duty.
With an attempt at a smile Slocuin
1 ^ * L ~ r,r?r] IAOT?DH
seated niinsen m me wan ?uu n_am.u
his head back against the rubber rest
as though he was simply preparing to
be shaved. The forced smile remained
on his face, and as Fathers Creeden
and Lynch took up their position iu
froni, of him he again directed his gaze !
at the cross while Connaughton began
fastening the straps. Slocum's eyes
were clear and he appeared to be" in
perfect physical condition, lie took
his eyes from the cross long enough to
aid Deputy Warden Connaughton in
his task, and then until the shield was
placed on his face, his lips moved in
prayer as he looked fixedly at the cross.
Straps crossed and re-crossed his body
an,} his lees were tightly bound to the
foot rest. ~ Then hisarms were Listened
and iSlocum could no longer move a
muscle. Finally an oddly arranged set
of straps that oound his chair in one
position and covered his eyes were put
in place. Now Doctors MacDonald and
Rockwell and Professor Laudv approached
to attach the electrodes." The
positive electrode was placed on Slocum's
head, the same as in the Ketnmler
electrocution. The negative electrode
was attached to his right ieg, the
trousers having been folded up for this
purpose before Slocum was bound in
the chair. When the electrodes had
been satisfactorily adjusted and the
wires attached the three scientists
glanced at the switchboard, said the
current was steady and registered 1,(500
volts. Doctors Mac Donald and Hockwell
then stood on either side of tfts
chair. Other physicians among the
witnesses drew near, while the laymen
stood back as though not sure of their
nerves. Doctors Daniels, Southwick
and "Ward took special interest in these
preliminaries ana with watch in hand
waited the signal. Warden Duston of
Auburn prison stood alongside Warden
Brown and offered suggestions. All
this had taken less time taan it has to i
"Ptv\foccrtr T.qnrlr's h:inri frrasDs.'i I
the handle of the switch which turned
the current into the wires in the eiecirocutioners
closet. Warden Brown
raised his hand and Professor Laudy
turned the switch. Then the Warden
tapped on the closet. The unknown
inside gave a quick pull to his rubber
covered lever. The electric fluid was
released before the sound of the tap
reached Slocum's ears, and like lightning's
flash it sped through his body.
'There "was not a tremor of the body as
a physician counted the seconds, and
when Professor Laudy turned off the
current Slocum sat rigid and lifeless in
the chair. Wliin !'ae electrodes were
reicijY.-ci it was dis-'-ovtred that his
skuli tin*! the ilcbh */f hi> lej had been
si]y i-"t T':?-re ?vns no 3ti!6ll
* - * ?- !. o . o /.ii.
1 a- v.iv J
Kraj.-:!.rr i.U e'roeur.^i. oc horrible ]
'i'iiP .strs-.-s vVi re ;2i:ii>--se.i and ;;e ij' dy {
Cirri; d bick i;-*o the rear room.
Su:i er :: i-"i, hesitate ?vh?T! tolt? j
hi:.. LuUl had CO'-.r, but wht-u
ilie death chair appeared before him he
almost fell to ihe lloor. His knees
knocked together and but for the suppoit
of his spiritual advisers he would
certainly have collapsed. Warden
Brown quickly read the death -warrant,
and hauler was hastily seated in the
chair. Ilis lace tooK on a ghastly hue
and Connaug'nton got no assistance
from this victim in arranging the
straps. Smiler was bound and the electrodes
applied in a much briefer time
than Slocutn.and in a lew seconas trailer
also was <leid. The same slight
burning under the electrodes was noticed
as in Slocum's case.
Wood had been prepared by Fathers
Creeden and Lynch while Smiler was
jroing to his death and he was all ready,
lie uttered no word when the time
catne. He walked to death supported
b< liie priests. Wood betrayed 110 emotion
when he gazed upon the chair, but
kept his eyes fixed on the crucilix. He
sat down in the chair diffidently and
his binding was accomplished so quickly
that it was only twenty-four miDutes
trom Siniler's end until death
came to Wood. It was becoming easy
to kill men. The witnesses displayed
no emotio-j. There was nothing to
cause nausea, and death came to its
victims so quickly that it was all over
before they realized it.
Jugiro at first refused to leave his
cell, but when Connaughton said'Come
on, Joe, be a brave man,' the Jap walked
out quietly. Two additional keepers
marched one on each side of the Jap,
while the chaplains followed behind
the warden and his deputy. The Jap
did not seem to comprehend the purposes
of the chair and seated himself
without a protest. A keeper assisted
Connaughton in binding tbe Jap and
the last act was quickly accomplished.
ullmvorl tr> remain in
the Jap's body about three seconds
longer than with the three others; accordingly
his skull and leg were strongly
marked by the electrodes. Jugiro's
body was taken away. Six beils were
struck as a signal to the electrician in
the dynamo room that all was over,
and tise witnesses returned to the Warden's
room.
The approximate time of turning on
the current in each case was: Slocum.
4.40: Smiler, 5.10; Wood, 5.30; Jugiro,
<5.05. The prisoners had received some
intimation beforehand that the execu
tions were to take place this morning
and tliey were prepared for them. {They
went to the execution chair bravely
and met their late without a straggle.
They offered no resistance, but rather
assisted the keepers when they were
bound down in the chair. The electrodes
were not applied as in the
Kemmler case to the top of the skull
and the base ot' the spine, but were
bound to the forehead of the condemned
men and the calves of their
legs. The. current was turned on in
each case for twenty seconds. The
voltage was about 1,500 and 1,600. Iu
each case there was apparent evidences
nf revival ms in TCemmler's case, and in
eacli of these four cases the current
was turned on a second time. In spite
of the fact that the sponges were kept
constantly wet all of the executed men
were burned oy the current, and especially
about the calves of their legs.
Medical men present agree that death
came 011 the lirst contact and that the
seeming revival was mprely reflex muscular
action. None of the witnesses
was overcome by fright and ail of them
who have spoken have nude the statement
that the electrodes were successful
and that death in all cases was in
stantaneous ana paimesa.
A Total Accident.
Charleston. S. C., July 9?Mr.
Daniel McSwinv, a weil known citizen
of this city, attempted to cross the city
railway tracic ahead of an approaching
horse car this <!fitmoon at the corner
of King: and Morris streets. lie missed
his footing, fell, and before the driver j
Q-nri rhp rar thn wheel nassed I
over the unfortunate man's neck, killing
him instantly. Mr. McSwiny was
about 50 years of age, and the father of
Mr. Eugeue P. McSwiny, general freight
and passenger agent of the Charleston
and Savannah Railroad Company. It
is s iiJ by witnesses that the car driver
put down brakes and d.d all in his power
to stop the car in time to avert the
catastrophe, but without success. The
distressing accidenthas created universal
sympathy in the community.?State.
Pianos and Organs.
>7. VV. Trump, 134 Main Street Co
iumbia, S. C., sells Pianos and Organs,
direct from factory. No agents' commissions.
The celebrated "Chickering
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for its clearness of tone, lightness of
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Piauos, from ?225 up. Mason &
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put together.
Rheumatism.?James Pax ton, of Savannah,
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Advice to Women
If you would protect yourself
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vou must use
! BRADFIELD'S $
FEMALE 1
! REGULATOR
Carters ville, April 26,1SS6.
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ATLANTA, GA.
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A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, fuli^
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Again, 1 will sell you a 5 hole Cookiu'S
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F. E. HYATT,
PROPXIIETOK.
r? the best t)iace in South Carolina or
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American and Italian Marble Work. A1J
kinds of
Cemetery Wcrk
a speciality.
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F. H. HYATT
April 8 ly COLUMBIA, S. c.
victory for the sailor
machinery.
Exhibited side by side with its leading
nnrmiutlfftTC -it fho StetA Fjlir 1890.
The Superintendent and Committee of
the Mechanical Department, in inspecting
those features not included in the Premium
List, deem -worthy of special mention the
Sailor Seed Cotton Elevator, Distributor
and Cleaner exhibited by W. H. Gibbes,
Jr., & Co.
The system operates most efficiently, and
much improves the sample, facilitates the
ginning of wet cotton, and saves largely in
labor and cost of handling.
The Committee recommend to the farmers
of the State an investigation into thf- ?
merits of these devices.
rSiimed.l D. P. DUNCAN,
for Committee.
W. E. GIBBKS, Jr.. & CO..
Columbia, S. C.
State Agents and Dealers in first class
Machinery, Buggies, Wagons, &e.
Special.?To test the advertising value
of The State, we will sell to any farmer
referring to that paper one of the best Dow
Law Cotton Planters made for 4.25, cash.
The usuai price is 55.00.
W. H; GLBBES. JB..&CO.
WHY NOT USE OURS? ^ amnniviA
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IS A
GENUINE BLOOD TONIC!
MURRAY'S SARSAPAR1LLA
is a Blood Purifier and Spring Medicine! ^
Wp nrp thft Manufactures and Sole Pro
prietors of both. I
This is the time of the year the system '
requires a tonic and the blood a purifier. \
Our stock of Drugs. Medicines. Chemicals
.and Druggists Sundries is complete.
Our facilities for filling your orders cannot
be excelled^ We solicit your patronage.
The Murray Drag Co.,
, COLUMBIA, S. C.
FINE SKOf SlSES,
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