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f PURPOSE. We fur out on the s-.ir.ir.g lake, V*:.t .c the tuc "irkcnicp clouds I rowed :.j the f-".ner rel>!>?y shore. My face to the i::k:nl- van, TLo clouds followed ciosu v.-hou fcc shone no more. And said: "The day is done." Then a lirht wind c.i:ar :'r rr. over the lanO And Us tO'.Vu: . ?here lj.y 11?* .* c.- u.^.* .i..? My little lr>:it arid I. The ri.'ir-; lav i?!!'.r. I drifted OH. To a pas'*- i" a boolc ray thoughts wore gone, -.'Ju k *\ uC 'J hwC ^?C'S ."* O Z> w? We passed thr.vtsrh a clump of rushes tell, And my thoughts ci'.ac b i'-'c to note* How quickly -: .T c.-u.vo --G. au By :i roeil at thy i>ov.- o: lioat. l I said to my b et: "If strong the force & That sends you ilriftirsir al'-n,.\ A thing so slight cou'.u not change your course faj&. And make the wh le way wrong. jBSflaggggj "X>u? 11 you .?uuk ^BSfflHESslBl Mv hn.it rr?v In art A!h1 I. A ROMANCE OF TWO BROTHERS. BY ELK^AE: FATfCSTT, Author of "The Confession of Claud," "The Evil That Men Do," "-4 Xtw York Family," Etc. [Copyrighted hj the Author.] CIIAPTEK V. Aftv-r lie had thus swlior. she morod quietly hiru until she stood bo"side Li- chair, lie at 02 ee perceived that she hau boccme exircmely tracfegw <^ii affaia. Ilcr vuicc soon pave him f arther pso^ ^^^itcdly, Sylr::n," she said. ->1{ut^mM ^YOU ^kudfaL .It would :v;^g ' -- M ! ri;:n suiil if tii-.'V wve f> in his t I:1., the l'Ah-\ of Xylites <-r the :rt-!. i:.iv: thrit one i in;, v \Vv-!i !;< jiivuxv oi oul uocil iiot seri! oi^ly I v/o::'It*r v.-ii-'il ?s A of :i counsellor ihis : u-'i- T J?r-(ieraM. m-uli' r*'::;k?\" J. J.s-r*.te?t. "Me -never ! >v-nt us !;'s ^hot;-.p\':T*h: I laijjht litre < ' gained re:-1 of him from j ihiit. 1' ;t ar libera!: Dr. ; Th->riHv. ki- more tr:an .\ii;.rsvsted it. His mind a covert cf cobwebs. like Sylvan's. It would be refreshing1 to know h;:n ar.d judge l\:r ray.olf whether lie eoukl help me." Through a mist <>i tn.?fk: U'v. iklerment eno clear-viewed j Sylvan ku<l -pokvn about destroying1 ' ihose papers. This meruit that lie had j not yet ("one s"?possibly that he would refrain from sueh an act for v. long j tunc, II lOliecU H? evci 11. j Meanwhile the manuscript (why not?) ! reposed in one of the tiro locked drawers j of the cabinet in his stfidy- What if she i antagonized his obdarasy by theft? I Ifi>r imnnlso of honesty, still ent?vineJ j among1 the most sensitive fibers of eonscioncc itself. urged a stern veto a .era in.st any such e nifty coarse. Once more she would try persuasion. Once ! more she did. I T- 1 ,5 AT ! I ror si'vcrui uuvb uuvj ? uv.? came to her noticed that she had an absent and febrile manner. One or two of them, who were feminine, \ycnt away with the deduction that a peculiarly domestic illness was approach ill^ UIIU LilviC XL u il? kiiav; oviuv; j happy proof of her band with Sylvan j should bring1 its welcome change. One Ia<ly even murznared a sentonce j v\/\>?f T in*??*'o Aor ''ITotv Ui t XAJ. AJUVUk Vb* ? AAV.I little she dreams of what thralls ant! J clouds m \" her hearer thought. That very evening, perhaps an hour after ! their almost silent dinner tog-ether, she j j appeared at Sylvan'* side, while he wrote as our lawyers do when they j have quitted their "down-town" dis- ! j tractions, and while ho used for a desk J the very cabinet whose two locked 1 drawers made so heavy an oatrs on her mental peace. Lucia was by this timej mvI J L'.UV.^iVV L\ Ui.>aa v U^4S ^ | not know whether ! ' i I 1 L " ft & | I , < -7s- \ Sri i -ff"r+3*. N.?/ * . . ' 1 1 y ? \,:? \ & : ' - ic^'.v t j ; f t?? ; I GIVS IT TO TILE OBLIVION IT DESERVES. ; I thing's done. Now I hope your folly has ended with it." She made him no answer. She quitt* d the study with staggering limbs. Her torment seemed to her like that of a , mother who had seen the massacre of & *1.1 4 CUliU. She cut into her own private room and closed the door. Her head was whirling; she wondered why she did not swoon. But something appeared to keep her from that. What was it? Ah, she knew, t>he realized, in a very surje of cognition. It was her unspeakable hatred of him, new-born and yet born as they said malism beines were, with all its teeth. WW ' f She had never loved him; now her indifferev.ee had turned loathing intense. He had killed that splendid hope. She had witnessed with her own eje* j its hateful holocaust. Live with nim 1 4-V,?oO X"j-f "Kr\ rtAnl/I l/-vrlrrrt "hr>-r ir> \ 1* AAV* V^VyiAiU iWi^V **V* A** I I a house of gold and give her gear tha^ [ would outshine the sun. [ She must pret awavfr^^| j head felt hot a^^a^l despamncjl^gH | vrerci^^ jtfggBBH T, . ' -L: . , r,.:5 j closed h. eves. But Gerald did not | meettbei look, though lie answered. j tvizti an ( Miaanair, curtuiu ftvuicuvi-s | tvhich wc o really no answer at all. 4*Oh, I . lean that in a general sort of | fashion i e's so extremely pood. lie cheers re np: he makes me feel as if I were no* truly the mcro neophyte in | medicine hat I am." A sue. ee came, ana uien oyivan queried. .-ith extreme sombemess of tone: "A 1 what does he say of the ; manuseri t that father left, Gerald? i v. i toll me vou were coinc to i consult 1? .n about it?" "I did 1 'link oI doing- so," returned , ; Gerald, a he pulled nt his yellow rnous- j tachc ai: . cordially hated the lie that j he was a< Ling-. "But the fact is, Sylvan, ; Gvde is o dreadfully busy, don't you j know, and?or?all that kind of thing." Here wa -, a very lame winding-up of whatGenld believed a sentence that might piv voice his brother's keen curiosity. 13';t Si'lvan only let his eyelids once mor- wearily uroop ana ms ut-au sink deep -r into tlic pillow, as he said: "Andyon yourself have not eared to study it out alone, I suppose?" The question was so listlessly priori j +V>?f rii-kT-n ''1 frtlfr. >10 frmlfl Tv?rh;ms lf>t. it I safely p:.ss without a response. lie waited a little while, regarding h is brother's blane led face as though any rxza-in-' stant mig'it brmgto it the sudden look of inquiry which he preferred not to see. But no such look broke SyIran's apathy. After a short time, Gerald felt the sick man's pulse. This act did not alter tfie evident siumoer mu> wmcn uo had fallen. It was a weak pulse, Gerald decided, and yet not abnormally so. The youn;,' man remembered that Dr. Clyde had but recently decided Sylvan's latest condition to be one of nervous exhaustion, ccrebralir^^M|^B^^t!H SENA7 OR STANFORDS SCHEME j ' f _ To '.Smn'1 Circulatli.z ?I">c')uni j ' for ' h<- County. I I Yashinotyn Jan. 2!.?At no time j 1 j . fdur-njj to-lay's session c-f the {senate j. j we; i there more t:.an thfr'y Senators!' ! present, except, perhaps, for a brief p*- j ( | riot ciurii!:* Mr Stanford's spe?ch in ! ' fav ?r of hi - lar:".' kaa scheme, and the j j Set. ite went intc executive eession and | < i adj'jurned to M; ijd:-iy with scarcely six i Senators ir atteiidaace. The L:i A bra i < cas'; still hi'ids the floor, and bids fair to j con Uiae to do s;> through the coming | we- k. A ft?r ro!;fine business, ard at th* j < cloiy of th^ morn:.Q? hour, Mr.Stanford ~" >-> ''-"o'Q >"r. ?r!T\n/?rf .-.f hi<3 I aui.icaacu !.n*z v. uuiv A*4 hill to provide She Govrameet vri?h i me:;3s sufficient to supply the national > want of a sound circulating medluia through the instrumentality of a land j loan bureau. J I-i criticism of the adverse rrport ma !e on a irnilr>r hill by the commit t.p.p nn finance- of the last Conjiv-ss, ne < salin par*.: " /he blK underconsider < atii-n practically provides fcrthedtrrct issi.e of moiie.7 upon .1 material undru- ( iter in quantity, its value based upon 1 .< standard or measurement, vrhicti ma.? * be-fo'iQ-.Rj grains of gold or silver, or 1 an} convenient corr.modlty, and fhe i good faith and crtdit of a civilized J nation of 65,000.000 of p-eopl? with ap?r 1 capita power of production uneqaxled ' by any othfr country in the world. A 1 con.psrison between this country of > ours to day and France under Louis * XV., or Francs in 1792, wh^n she was lighting united Europe, or between us ' notv- aed the colonists 3tni?g-lin? for f tD6 5SCPRC15I1CJ,01 ucinccu mio fouuuij ana the Argentine li?pubJic, seems * absurd. Yet ti?e committee's chief t arguments are based upon such com- ' prisons. The Argentine republic issue ' is another scheme to ^rhich ( c<-m pares this bill. The J 8Bb|ls .-sre radleallT it 1321 mi- < the bl'l j < at-1 1 REV. THOMAS LEITCH'S CAS?. A frori Th?? W?j of y.vth Explain- ' ins tfco Mar;?-. W atkins villi:. Ga.. .Tr,n. 13,1S92. Iviiiiors vusrsta (.'hrwucl?:?You j trill pie*se i-d*; in Tiv.? Chronicle thf ! inclose-1 s*y.t?mfnt t?.h.?a from Tgs j Way of Ffti'h. pxpisriln? the rop rc johcerslng lb* drunker.??.-* of K?t. rtios. H. L*itch. evaogelis', la Auius;a, Ga.. S '-rae ttujff ago. I th!nk it (MO fVia <*? ; ? ..f rhristirtniT f,h>>t lha ixplan.ition be made through the same jolumus that circulated the report. Yours trillv, S.J Covtan. ; P. S.?Otbf. papers that pablisbed :he report win pl-r^a copy. I am reaming1 inquiries as to the jewsrvsoar chfirr.es of drunkenness ijaii sfc Brother L&itch, tbe evangelist. Ihe papers report that on the night of Dec. 15 he v\as fery drank in an Aufusta, Ga.. i' otel. I am ankei if il is true. To this I pp!y: Firs , I do not tLink thac Brother L*!tch drunk. Second, he, hotter, did tr.ke s?ni# whitkey. I do r.o'. minfe ha wa^ drunk because l\ t-o l'f. /9'\ T narfj^ f/imiDinv V "< i! ? ' *) \-V f * ? """*f ./ rrith him ihiJt ni^ht at the depot at } o'clock (' ?ashington tisee) and he iraa perfpcr.l? 3ol>?r; (3) he left Augusta >11 ihe 8 o'clock train the next morning sober, irMcb a man of former drinking iabits could not have dine. The idea hat he ttas beastly drunk at 10 d. m. xhc-n ne nan n r. issiea liquor at, y p. in., tnd was perfectly sober at 8 o'clock the im morniu#! It ts ab3urd. That he dratik s-iee whiskey he adults. That it tras a seriout blunder be 'rels si'd confesses. That it was an mpardonF.ble sin I deny. The circam itances he tells tis were tneat: uemg lungry and arriving at the hotel too ate for supper, he ate some oysters iising corroded, or from some other ^nsc, they made him very, very sick. Having nothing else at hand he took a InnJi i;r liquor, ana nerore lie couiu gee >ut of the hi-uss threw the whole thing ip. To a thoughtless bystander this Tould be taken &s a case of beastly isvrhereaa it was a case of un?^^>y.-ter sickness and a little .so much of it I -*-; c;- na.lv. Atlanta J~n. Tvt- &?*?? tfv* birth ai GsntTi*! ft. S. T~-v r--v r d.iv i:i t'lr S'.-v v.\: i -|.propruiielv voii. :Iuv : x*.- nin^ tii* j^irb'-i.Svu cou-cjiu-H ? ..J bile e:%crc:."ci n litres? v.,?r vts ?!*' n? S:*rc i!*nkr.L s* ws'ich Lha Ho-i . !i?rlw. T. O'Ferra1?. ('0T.r*:-?;?,nn from Vir <;:nia. delivered an ' ration. He -*3 itstroC.uced t-~. Co! Hantilw. Ikt-^iav i'l'ol'.ieut, o '.he V is. S> ' ?y Atlanta, un--: r whose av>p:cf> t-:e celebration was held. Aficr the vublic exerciser a bauqu.?: was <river. T^e % T!*._ /-\t D.nKapJ iiiSL LU33L Y> ilU'- iUCOi'n f Vi lt</uuu E. Lee, sol:'i-r, pairi >t, ?iaialas; ivatleman and hnrr>bie Christian, ih* model man of the ce ?turv." which was rnrik stand.ns: and iii ?iVacs. Toast* *er? responded to \t Rev. Benjamin J". Kiley, Romas Catholic Vtesr Gener 1 -jf the Diocese oi Georgia, Speaker Cla?ko H Archil rtf fro r>f 7i*?r? seataiires an.i editor of the A.lanta Constatuiioru Capt. E. 6. Gnr, Major Hemphill, C*>1. W. L. Calhouu Hnke Smith, Z. M. Black'.:'irn and Ik ,'. Dr. J. W. Jcnc*. Th;a aUtrnoon Mrs. O'Farrell =vas gTvea a rcccpuon br the ladies of Atlanta. 'tL'\r - y "sr c . ' ?, 9 t-in/.rsti* L'nr a rht 5 Iruioii rajs m ? A GP.3A1 0T7Z5, 11?AT KAY !TC2 ACA'.Sjg KB P.2FZATEB, ZO 20 SOT DLLAY, g "Stkim While rhblp.ox is Hot." p Writ* f?r Catalerue new, and say wfaa-d Baser you sa-.f this^advertjsomen; ii. 8 5 AbJifOtber that 1 sell everything tiiat^ iumsiiing a home?siaDulactar-# |ing some tlucgs &3'' buying others in th?$! 1?larjesi possible ioti. which euabks xe tc*j wipe out all competition HBBB ARE A JEW OF iiY STAHT-I LIS G BARGAINS A 2so. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, fun* jjsjze. i5xi < inea oveu, uiit'c. u:c,?. fof ware, tie! ve.'ed s.; you* cwu dQ-ot... Ssli freight charges bj ruf, i<-r|onlj Tweiv? Dollars. * Again, I mil aei; you c. ? hew OocLi;-: Range 13x15 inch oveu, 18x26 liiuii I'op, 'di -i : ted with 21 pieces of wa-e, ioi I'iiiS t: /Ti?KS DGJLLiARb, and pay tbv u/' i jVoui dtpol. i'.j iDO KOT i AT TvfOPillOiS rO?" ' r *-j /> rv vr rrfl TO J rt l&ffl II * *;S" T?rJ .: 5>^B i * ."*? ?*.< :;, ?? | 5?T T2E T3*MA3 S'iKAiS W ffl ; FRESS A**S SSKi? C^TT^N: VLETATOR. V S i it 15 tne y.Dst p*rroet sr?tein ip o*e, b*- h j lending cctt?n from wagons, coining aid : delivering it into gins or sta :s. ^tton i ifi. s u<-t pass through fan acc press rei quires no pullej nor belts It -ave*- tiae w 1 aad sou. v. ! war T>n?T?rea ft n/iitrcv j lAi-uSUii. & | 5GINES AXi? B0I1.EXS, ST A TICK ;EAKT AKB POHTAB1E. OLD DO[ t ?/-k rmu l- a *7 irrr t r 1 v i lALBUiiO OAHf .OlUULiO, 1J1CAU7 Jia ~W FRICTION AND HOPE FEtiD"~^^ J 520t TO 86fO ^ ! I | LUMMT73 AND TAN WIN SLE COT. TON GINS AND COTTON PRESSES. I ** offer Saw Mill Me* aad Glnnnrs J the mast complete outits that caa / \ f beuskt a?i at totter* prices. ? |V. C. BADEAM, i GENEXAL AGENT, OOL^Mlli., fc. C. I T2E TALS9TT ENGI5S L5 1H1 ; BEST | Feb 19-lv. ^ ! 1 ; THE LARGEST STOCK. \ ; ! MOST SEILLED i ^ -r'