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"by Ji^and hpgh'VlLSo'w'^" ~ : abbEVILLE, s. cvedbesdai, june 2, 1875. ^ " vou'mk Mill-Mi. ?. -i , ^IW PW.J ? CONGAffEE Columbia, S. O. .'.Mm,;.. ^Proprietor. Manufacturer of Steam Ee cines and Boilers. O Iron and Brass Castings of a] Descriptions made to Ordei I was awarded tbe first premiui on castings at the State Aeriou tural and Mechanical Society Fairi held in Columbia, November, 187' '72, '73. MANUFACTURE Cricular Saw Mills of all sizes ALiSU "Took tho First Premium at Stat Fairs held November, 1ST 1, '72, '7 Manufacturer of Grist Mills Irons of all sizes For Sale. Gin Gearlng-of the following sizes. feet wheel and pinion $30 0 - 10 44 " 44 44 : 32 5 H " " 44 44 3-5 0 12 14 " " " 4o 0 , 14 44 44 44 44 50 0 "With Bolts $G..30 Extra for each set. Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cot ; ton Press $10.00 aud $12.00 per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville S. C. I IDec. 10, 1873, 35-tf New Store! NEW GOODS!! f ? TfnHE undersigned have juhI ojme* an entire new stock of GROCERIES, Provision and Liquors As Well as Utner tfooas n their Line. ? ' >: At the Old Ptand of A. M. HTLL, re : eentl.v TKOWftfMIKiE & CO., when will l*c pleased to serve the public CHE A P FOR CA till. ? [ A. M. HILL. K "" Jan. 29, 1873, -I ill ~ C. WEST & SONS, ALADDIN soiT^ THE HEfcT OIL IN USE. "WAItKANTKJ) I ">0 DJWUKES 1'IUK TEST : "Water white in <??lor. Fully deodorized And it will not explode. It burns in all Coal Oil and Kerosein Lamps. TltY IT. A.sk for "Aladdii | Security," and take no other. I C. WEST & SON'S*. 113 and 115 \Y. Lombard St., lJalt. Md Nov. 7, 1874 gO-tfm S B. NORRELL Harness and Saddle Maker, A T his Old Stand over Parker & Per rin's Drug Store, lias a supply o Northern HARNESS LEATHER and other material for Making and Re pairing Saddles and Harness. Dec. 2, 1874, 34, tf FRESH COUNRY MEAL, At $1.40 per bushel, received even week, by L Cunningham & Templeton Nov. 11 31-tf ESTATE OF JAS. C. RAY, dec'd . * i* . ALL persons incebted to James C llay at the time of his cleat) lire requested to make payment to uf and those having demands a rains bim to render them in properly reified to us WILLIAM ANDERSON, ANDREW ANDERSON, Executors. I Abbeville, March 13, 1875, 49-6m C. E. BRUCE, Boot and Shoe Makei Over Parker & Perrin's Store. Abbeville, S. C. TkESIRES to say that he is fully pr B nariul in moot nil Homanrfu tV public may make in his line. He keej . constantly on hand a large lot of tl ^best material and employs only the fine workmen. He keeps a full stock < custom-made Boots and Shoes, an guarantees the most entire satisfactio i gin every instance. p Sept 1,1874, 21-tf Hark the Spot of Tour Be ceased Friends. Marble Works4 FULL line of stock on hand an _ 11 J * I. ~ 1^. i ? _ Eg /T mi worh suiu ui iiie juw est priu a and work done in the best workman-lil H 'manner. Several hundred new an U handsome designs on hand to mal I selections from. We will duplicate cil H price in all monumental work, by whi( js arties can save freight. It Yery respectfully. I 3. D. CHALMERS. I ), 1874, 21-tf "... STEAM '$ Vj" ^ *T ^ ^ j^| ^ ^^1* G ^ Columbia, S. C. ,F. W. WING, ^Proprietor. MANUFACTURER OF 11 \ Sash, Blinds, Doors, I WINDOW AND BOOR FRAMES, J Mile Pivot Blinfls anil Shutters J COLUMNS, 'Pilasters, J MANTEL PIECES, Mouldings, Brackets, Hand-Rails, oj NEWELS, BALUSTRES, 0 o; Scroll Wort of all Description. ' All Work Guaranteed A No. 1. May 28, 1874, 7-ly. . J. D. CHALMERS & GO. I DEALERS IN .! Chairs, Parlor Ms, Chamtier Suits, | Walnut & Mahogany Bareaus, | Wnshstands, Tables, Bedsteads, ; Window Shades, See. Looking Glasses, Oil Cliromos, feu. Abbeville, S. C. Also agents for the sale of the c-elJebrated Philadelphia Improved J'ufjtic Window Shade, which for di'.raMhility, cheapness. convenience and I i beauty, cannot he surpassed. jSach |shade is furnished with all the fixtj(ires complete, and onlj* requires two - lath nuilis or small screws to fasten it ^'up with. Should they become soiled i by flies, they can be spread on a table, washed and made as bright as new, and will last for years. TJrs style of shade is much superior to cloth (shades, fn warm weather, when the window is raised, the shade admits il {the air lust prevents flics and niosqui- J I toe.0, entering the room. The simpliej i!3- of their fixtures is much in their , r j favor, sis they require no rollers, each ' j shade being complete, and any oneL can drive two nails by which to bang 1 'them. They are low in price, dura- U j ble, convenient, and never <rcl out of 1 I & l order. Call at store and see samples. * '| Nov. 18, 1874 32-tf' 'i DENTISTRY! DENTISTRY!!) Dr. H. L. WILSON 5 1 1 OFFERS his professional services to v the people of Abbeville County j anil of upper South Carolina. Having i . just finished a course of study in the -< Pennsylvania College of Dental Sur- i gery, he feel* fully competent to attend " to all cases requiring the exe.cise oj . - skilled Dental Surgery that may be I f brought to him. He asks the patronage | , of the people, and guarantees full and - complete satisfaction, lie has procured la full set of first-class Dental Instruments, and is prepared to do first-class | work at most reasonable rates. j ! AST OFFICE just over Post Ofiice. I M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND. ' i Cx old smith & Kind. ' FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, ItMIUb^lA 11W.^ ? U1UV&, COLXJjSlBI-A., S. C. Manufacturers of steam engines of all sizes; Horse powers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Mills, Flour Mills, Ornamental, House and Store Fronts, Iron Railings, Agricultural Implements, etc. Brass and Iron Castings of all kinds made to order on short notice, and on [, the most reasonable terms. Also, man, ufacturers of Cotton Presses. 3' May 28, 1873, 7-12m ' THOMAS'- SAW MILL I I K Isiu&eu 1U1 XVCJJtUJLB. I ? I I PARTIES who have contracted! for LUMBER will call on AL-j ? jLEN McCANTY at Mr. Edwards, j * j I have some lumber on hand which will be disposed of for the cash. |j. W. THOMAS. C- March 24, 1875, 50-tf 3 DR. JOHN S. THOMPSON, 3j DENTIST, d j^~KFFEHS his professional services to n the citizens of Abbeville, and the j surrounding country. Office over Citizens' Savings }" Bank, Abbeville, S. C. Oct. 2, 1873,28tf * CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON I ce id I Have just opened a Bice line of isBOAns, I from $3 to 80 per box; a good Segar latScents. Give them a call. I Kov. 31 31-tf 7 v -5 > - ' . NEW FIRM! Ml Christian & Co. DEALERS IN Grooeri^s AND FARMERS' SUPPLIES, Abbeville, S. .C., At Trowbridge's Old Stand, "^^"ILLiceep always on hand a full CORN, BACON, FLOUR, CIGARRS, COFFEES, &c., Also a select stock of Confcctionaries and Fruits ^Awp-n nnnns xm villi xi jljjj 'mvvi/wj wvij I We sell for cash at short prifits. C?ive U3 a call. CHRISTIAN & CO, Dec. 23, 1874 37-tf I "rt&P "TABLISHEC.1832."S^r;| | | Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. CTiTtnnDC ! j First-Class Work j i OUR SPECIALTY, [ YET, BY VSING CHTAPER GRADES OF STCCK, AVE CAN FURNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIORABLTSTflTIOKEHY, | Piries Paper and Envelopes. Vtfedding and ?all invitations ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE : LATEST STYLE. I ??????c????? ieej it Before lie People! LAWSOX'S is tlie place to purchase your STOVES. Remember each; >tove nas me lonowing u.\un?; _ puis, > ham boiler, 1 Tea kettle, 1 spiflor, 1: ong giiddle, 1 waflle irou, 3 iron pans, | bread pan, 2 pudding and 2 custard j tans, 1 large fork, 1 spoon, 1 cake turn-; r, 1 coffee pot,1 dipper and 15 feet pipe. \Ve name below some of the Stoves ve sell: CHARTER OAK, FOREST ;ITY, FIRE SIDE, MARION COOK, IELP, DIRECTOR, STONE WALL, JOTTON STATES, COLUMBIA X)OK, ALL RIGHT, BEST and VCORN COOK, warranted by the nanufacturcrs to last 25 years. we wm sena any cu uie aoovu oiuvcs vitli fixtures complete, freight paid to Doimaldsville, Bel ton, Hotiea Path, Jodges, Greenwood, New Market and Ninety Six, at the following prices: S'o. 7,*$31 ; No. 8,$3fi; No. 9, $41. I W, UWSON & CO, Abbeville, S. C. Feb. 17, 1875, 45-tf I H. BRYSON, j cj n ura uen w uuu, KZ> . v. , KEEPS constantly on hand a large assortment of ready made Coffins. REPAIRS FURNITURE OF ALL DI SCR IPT IONS AT SHORT NOTICE. Jan. 27, 1875-3m. t4T BATCHLLEY'S r.lj Ay V\ Lis /* **\ Improved Cucum I? S1& Iber Wood Pump isI til W ?V theacknowlged STANDARD of the niiii^Ff? market, by popular verdict, the '3es^ PumP f?r least money. AtIntention is invited to Batchley's Improved Bracket, the Droy ||l?gjlB Check Valve, which can be <??* 22 withdrawn without disturbing the joints, and tlie copper cliamber winch never cracks, scales or rusts, and will last a life time. For sale by dealers and the trade generally. In order to be sure that you get Iilatcliley's Pump, be careful and see that it has my trademark as above. If you do not know +/-? Kmr rlienrinf iirn r?iiY?nlnra fn (> 1IU1C W UUJ j VUCVI?|/VH v VH v w.n. u, vv gether with the name and address of the agent nearest you, will be promptly furnished by addressing with stamp. CHAS. C. BATCHLFY, Man'r, 50G Commerce St., Philadelphia. April 14th, 1875?9m. Medical Card. DRS. BECKHAM & JOHNSON have associated themselves together in the practice of their profession, and may be found at their office in Lowudesville. They respectfully offer their professional services to the public. ROBT. S. BECKHAM, M. D. J. G. JOHNSON, M. IX April 12, 1875, l-3m* BleacM anil Brown Hoiespnns Pretty Slyles Spring Prints, AT Cunningham & Templeton's, Malcolm, the Avenger; OE, TEE UYSTEEIOUS MUEDEB, I BY HARRISON AINSWORTH. ^UTOOK of "Tower Kill," "Baffled at Ljlst "a Talk op Mysthiiy," etc., ?tc. CHAPTER V. THE INVESTIGATION, AND ITS RESULTS. A long, and to those connected with it, a painful inquli/, into the cause of Robert Walters'death, was now instituted. Strangely enough, when his actions, on what proved to be the last day of his life, were carefully reviewed, they all tended to show that he had been in a state of unusual irritability or excitement. He had thrown himself into a furious passion with his servant when dressing; forgetting himself so far as to strike the man more than once. He had wrangled, too, with the toll-taker at Waterloo Bridge about some change as liia carriage passed across it en route for Millicent Vyner'a humble home at Camberwell. What occurt .* ? ai 1 J rea tnere, Liiougu reinicu uncuj u,uu. i?uutantly by the widow and her daughter, also went far enough to prove that when he had left them, to fulfil his engagement at Derwent Lodge, he was not only greatly excited, but exceedingly annoyed. A rumor had got abroad oi hia quarrel with Vernon Aubrey, and the latter was called upon to say how it originated. His manifest unwillingness to do this excited surprise, if not suspicion; nor could Malcolm helD sharins? the general feelincr, as ho coupled this with Aubrey's behavior when he besought his aid and advice in unraveling the mystery of his cousin's death. * You say that the intemperate behavior of the deceased was the cause of your dispute. Explain yourself." said ono of tho gentlemen conducting the inquiry. "Does my speech require an explanation?" asked Aubrey, after a short silonce. " Most decidoly it does, and I must insist upon your ^tving it." " Mr. Walters behaved rudely to a lady, and I interfered in her behalf," said Aubrey, after a pause. " Kou interfered; then you were actually the aggressor." Aubrey bit his lip. "My interposition in the lauy s oenaii was certainly tne onence which induced Mr. Wsiltciu to make insulting remarks." "What do you call ' insulting remarks ?' Be kind enough to repeat them." But this lie declined to do; and he was then asked if it were true that he seized Mr. Walters by the throat, without any provocation to do 80. "Not without provocation, certainly," the young man replied, with some degree of bitterness, as he recalled the taunt that had so provoked him. " Is it true that some hours after this dispute had occurred, you expressed a determination not to let it drop until Mr. Walters lin/1 irirnn von sn.tirtfn.r.ti(?n.aTi(l also observed that liis insolence might be chastised sooner than he expected?'' Aubrey looked startled, and in some excitement demanded, "Who says that I made these remarks ? Who is your informant ? " You forget that you are not here to ask, but to answer, questions. Please reply to this one." He thought awhile, and then rather hesitatingly observed, " I may have said something of the kind, but I cannot positively recollect how far those were my words or the words of another." "Am I correct in stating that at first you refused the bed Mr. Derwent offered you on the night of the ball; but after the fracas with Mr. Walters you withdrew your refusal, and proposed remaining at the Lodge ?" Aubrey bowed assent. "What induced you to change your mind? ' He colored, and again declined to reply, nor would he satisfy his interlocutors when they wanted to know whether he and Walters had been rival candidates for the band of Violet Lindsly. Indeed, the mo ment their questions approached the au. , jot of Violet, he entrenched himself behind an obstinate silence. At last his examination was over, and he retired. There was nothing to actually criminate him, though an impression was left on the minds of many that he knew more than he would say. So fully convinced was Charles M'llcolm of this, that he followed him from the room. He found that Vernon Aubrey had already quitted the house. He was hurrying away as if the whole matter had been so distasteful to him that he was eager to put as great a distance as he could between himself and the spot whore it occurred. The young man stopped with a startled gesture, when Malcolms hand fell on his shoulder, and turning towards him he ex claimed, almost fiercely, " What! more questioning? Have I not been badgered sufficiently ?'* "I have not followed to question you; for I cannot compel yon to reply," said Malcolm, with equal heat. " I wish to heavon I could; for, by my soul, Aubrey, you are not as ignorant as you profess to be." "Have you done ?" queried Aubrey. "You have spoken truly when you say that I will not answer any more questions; neither do I care to be detained to hear your surmises." " But you cannot deny that tliey are wellfounded. You cannot deny that you know how my cousin met his death. You may deceive others, but you have not deceived me." Aubrey became very pale. He lifted his hand to silence the impetuous speaker. "These are strange words, Malcolm. Pause and think before you say more. Do you imagine that it was I who murdered the unhappy Walters ?" But Malcolm was not prepared to say this. "God forbid ! I do not beliove that you could actually sl.iy a fellow-cre tture." Then he paused, an?l a lump rose in his throat. Was it not just as possible that Vernon Aubrey did this deed as that Sybil, a delicately-nurtured woman committed it ? " Have you done ?" Aubrey again inquired. And Malcolm vehemently replied, "I will not say that your hand administered fit/* l.nf I ?'ill iiinin+'tm tli-lt. vnil know whose it was that did. Deny it if you can." Vernon Aubrey looked at him steadily. "For whatever I have done, or whatever I concealed, I am not answerable to you, Mr. Malcolm; and in memory of our old friendship, I conjure you to let me go my way. He who is dead wrought me untold misery; and I seen this day?not in your eyes only, but in others?a suspicion which, whether deserved or not, must blight my earthly prospects beyond redemption, I will not lift a finger to cast upon another's fame the doubts that have rested upon my own." Charles Malcolm was affected by the melancholy tones in which this was said. "Far be it from me," he exclaimed, "to join in a cry against iyi innocent man! Aubrey, do but give me your word that you have had nothing to do with Walters' death, either directly or indirectly, and I will be the truest friend and staunchest champion that you have. Speak,'1 he added, as Aubrey remained silent; "speak ! Give me the pledge I demand." "I cannot!" was the smothered reply. Involuntarily he recoiled. Aubrey took advantage of this to leave him; and, perplexed beyond measure, Malcolm returned to the room where the investigation was etill pending. AT- avnmniurl i-n fh* interval, and had been complimented on the very clear and precise manner in which he had given the information required of him. And now an adjournment until the following day was proposed and agreed upon; and it having been ascertained through Mr. Dorwent's agency that his daughter Sybil was the lady in whose defence Vernon Aubrey had quarrelled with Walters, her attendance was requested. When Sybil, in obedience to this requirement, came to give her evidence, one of the servants?the housemaid who found the broken phial?veas.bein^ examined, and she seated lierself in the windotf-of the outer luoin until the girl was dismissed. Here Malcolm found her, and would have retreated ; but she rose directly aiitl'met him. The dark rings around her eyea; and a look of unconccalable suffering, were proofs that her composed bearing was only assumed; and her voice, aa she addressed him, was so hoarse and broken that he:could scarcely recognize in it the soft accents, once so sweet to his ear. " Is it at your commgn3;that I am summoned here ?" she demanded. "Could you not have spared me this Ordeal P" Malcolm redd ened. " Miss Derwent must be strahgcly mistaken if she thinks that I presume to lay ntiT commands UDon her." She waived her hand impatiently. "At least, you can spare me your sarcasms. > Is it not enough that you have dragged me here ??that you compel me to endure the torture those prying, cold-hearted lawyers will inflict with their questions, their pitiless gaze, their covert,smiles and sneers?" He had never seen her so moved before, and he hastened to defend himself. "Miss Derwent you labor under a mistake; it is no fault of mine that you have been called upon to go through all this." She looked at him incredulously. "I suppose you would say the fault is mine for deserving it. That I, who showed you no mercy, can expect none in return. Well, well, I must bear it then; yet I did not think that you would have avenged yourself thus!" Charles Malcolm indignantly interrupted her. " Madam?Miss Derwent, can you think 1- -C 4-rv 4-1... i. T 1 1 BO ineillllj vi iiiu iWJ W-? UWWJYC LIU1U A bllUUlU revenge myself in any way, except that of despising and forgetting the heartless woman who could win my heart only to fling it from her ? ' She winced palpably, but she was not convinced. " You tell me this, and yet you have com m need an inquiry that may?nay, that must ?coyer with me disgrace ? It nothing worse comes of it, will it not be openly told that Walters scorned me, as one who had sought to win him for his wealth? Have f not. writhed under the remembrance of those words over since he tainted 1110 with them ?" As she bowed her proud head in an agony of shame at this recollection, Malcolm coulil not wholly restrain his pity. ' Who shall tell this ?" he exclaimed,? "not Vernon Aubrey. He has carefulh ghU-l'Ld your name from censure or notoriety." " Who shall tell7'' Sybil repeated. "Will they not force me to condemn myself' with my own lips ? Shall I not hear a mocking whisper, go from one to another ;is I have to repeat the words he dared to say to me? fnv i umiiIiI ll:lv? afvilpk him to my feet had I but possessed th< power ?" " Do you forget that my unfortirvMu cousin has terribly expiated all his faults and follies, Miss Dorweut?1' said Malcolm, gravely?lor, however natural her resentment might have been at the time,he shuddered as he thought of tlie lengths to which there was every reason to fear it had led her. " Yes," said Sybil, in a hoarse whisper f " he is dead. His scurrilous tongue uhall never pain me more. His triumph was a ?l ?? ? n?a? A?,I 4-1,, t>iiUIL UUU U, voit) oi?"*v vug, iiuu uncu drawing her breath quickly, as though some sharp pang had shot through her frame, she closed her eyes, and pressed her hand to her heart, murmuring, " Dead in his youth and strength; no sighs, no to&rs, no prayers shall bring him back, or undo the sin of that fatal night! Oh, it is horrible indeed!"" Malcolm started from her, and walked to the other end of the room, in a state of mind that baffles description. How could he understand these muttered sentences, except as an acknowledgment of her own guilt ? Even as others would understand them if he repeated them. Why had she spoken thus in liia linnrincr? TTflfl VlA Tint. finlnmnlv enjoined by the dead to avenge him P And must he, in obedience to that request, denounce the woman he had loved so tenderly ? Had loved! Oh, misery ! he loved her still ?still! It was agony?it was madness to be obliged to know this ! Where was his ; boasted philoaphy?wherD the strength of mind on which he had prided himself, when his heart told him that it was still in the keeping of a murderess ? His blood ran cold as the word was inwardly spoken. With a great effort he controlled himself, and returned to Sybil, who was standing where he left her; too much absorbed in her own thoughts to notice his disorder. " Miss Derwent," he said, touching her arm to enforce her attention, " you act unwisely in making such allusions in my presence, as those which nave jusc escaped you. For your own pake, I should counsel you to be more guarded." She turned toward him in great perturbation. "What have I Baid P?what have I said ? Am I losing my senses that I talk so wildly ?" Then added, eagerly, " But let me have been as indiscreet as I may, you, Mr. Malcolm, are too honorable to take a base advantage of it." Sho looked at him so imploringly, that he hastened to answer: "it is Dccauso i nave no desire to injure you, that I spoke this warning." " You have no desire to injure me !" she slowly repeated. " If this be true?if you have indeed forgiven all that seemed cruel in my conduct in the past " He interposed with a stern "Hush, hush ! For your sake, if not for mine, let the past rest. Are you utterly shamleess, that you thus refer to what it should cover you with blushes to name in my presence ?" But though her lips quivered, and her face flamed at his reproaches, she went steadily on. "If you have forgiven me, be merciful now." " I don't understand you, Miss Derwent," said Malcolm. " Such appeals as you persist in making, are in very bad taste when - ?v\/v Vam oanrn -f/\ tWAUJ. CDOCU W iilO. AVU OVWMi w\y iwi^u ^ " j for some time we have been but the merest acquaintances, and that I have no interest in your affairs or your wishes." She was silent for a minute; then, in broken accents, she exclaimed, "I am humbled sufficiently in seeing you look at me as you do, and in hearing your cold and scornful speeches. Yet I must abuse myself still I more, and plead with you till you will grant j my prayer. Mr. Malcolm, I am but a weak J and helpless woman. Let my weakness aid ! me. In consideration of it, be merciful, and J let this inquiry drop. Alas ! it cannot bring ( back the dead, however it may punish the living! Be merciful, I entreat you!" Was this suppliant the proud Sybil who would have stood dry-eyed at the grave of the nearest and dearest, friend rather than have betrayed her sorrow to the rude ear of an indifferent person ? Charles Malcolm knew that there must have been a long struggle between her pride and her terror, before she stooped to this. Her beautiful eyes were raised to his with a depth of entreaty in them that he would have found it diificult to resist, Tf, in her convulsed features and rigid locked hands, he had not seen some tokens of how much it cost her to plead to him. He grew angry with himself for having BA 1 rvnrt " She does but try her power on me." he muttered to himself. "I must be an idiot to waste my pity on one so cold-hearted and vile as this woman !" At the same time, he was not sorry to know that he was unable to grant her prayer, and that he was, therefore spared the trouble of a struggle between his duty and inclination. " You don't seem to be aware that you ask impossibilities. Miss Derwent, he coldly observed. i cannot stop tms inquiry, nor would I if I could, as it is clearly my duty to inquire into the death of so near a relative." " Ih'ty /" she echoed. "You say this to Wind yourself to your, true motives. You suspect that you know the culprit, and revenge spurs you on ! But pause awhile; it is tie creed of Christian man that such retribution should be left to the niiirhty hand of our Maker. On CO more, then, I beseech you to forego the revenue you meditate. Aiid if the prayow of S3 hil Berwont ' * </ , J( are ever heard, they shall bring down blessings on your head!" " I tell you," he hoarsely cried, that it is imp08.-Vule?that these entreaties, these half confessions, are putting a power in my hand that I would fain avoid J" Sybil suddenly grasped his arm, and stood in a listening attitude. " They are coming?coming to summon me before them?to compel me to tell ^11 I know! Charlfs Malcolm, if you ever loved me, spare me!?save me from this fearful ordeal! But he wrested himself from her convulsive clutch. " I cannot! Walters, foreboding his fate, solemnly-enjoined mo to avenge his death.. I have accepted the trust, and it ia too laffe > 3 to draw back. Heaven help you, SybH. I shdll suffer-enough in knowing myself powerless either to defend or protect you. Once,"ay, onco,! thought you would have given me the title to tlo both; but now " She interrupted him with a bitter laugh. "But now you can put up your hands with a thanksgiving for your escape. Oh, it was well for you that Sybil Derwent played the jilt! When you hear he'fc name coupled by all men with scorn and loathing, then re1'oice that you will be able to say, ' Thank leaven, she is nothing to me?nothing!" Stepping swiftly past him, she advanced to meet those who came to conduct her to the inner room. But Charles Malcolm did not follow. Great as was the anxiety that he felt to know whether aught was proved against her, he could not summon fortitude to bo an auditor of tho investigation. He wroto a a few hurried lines to his solicitor, complaining of illness, and begging that the result of Miss Derwent'a evidence might be forwarded to him at the hotel to which ho now retired, harassed by conflicting emotions. Why, ah, why had he over set his flfFp-rfinrifc rm mm n>lir.TV> if ? V?v MVM1 tv naoouva mitiUiiCDS to love as Sybil, and how should he ever 6chool himself to hear her condemned for the crime which he had pledged himself to punish ? These were questions which would present themselves continually; and as the moments flew by, without bringing the dreaded tidings, his suspense became so intolerable, that at Inst, in sheer desperation, he seized hi8 hat, and returned to tbe . ourt. Better would it bo to know the worst at once, than linger in solitude, tormented beyond human endurance l>,v the alternate hopes and fears that beset hiin. rtTT 1 T*mT?T"? TTT UCLAr" A XjIV VI. WALTERS' EI NO. The lor? and carefully conducted inquiry was over at last, and the result made public. No tangible suspicion could be brought to bear upon any one who ha/1 been at Derwent Lodge on the night of the fancy ball. Mr. Vernon Aubrey's conduct, though strange in some respects, was not considered to warrant any accusation being brought against him. Upon Sybil Derwent not the slightest tinge of doubt seemed to rest, so calmly had she borne herself, so carefully had she answered all the queries put to her. By an almost superhuman effort she had thrown off all traces of the agitation that racked her during her interview with Cliarles Malcolm; but when courteously dismissed by her questioners, she had quitted their presence only to sink on the threshold in a swoon that lasted so long as to alarm every one who witnessed it. Still, there was nothing particularly strange in this. Any woman of sensitive temperament might have succumbed in the same manner after going through such a trying scene. It was well known that Miss Lindsly, the pretty heiress, for whom Mr. Walters had renounced his allegiance to the beautiful Sybil, had been ill and nervous ever since his death, and was now entirely ? contined to her room. So the verdict arrived at gave satisfaction to almost all who i? J J heard it?i.e., tnat tne young mun uuu uicvi by his own hand. Mr. Derwent's conjecture had been accepted; and it was generally believed that to still the excitability from which he frequently suffered, Walters had possessed himself of this poisonous mixture, and had, without so intending, swallowed an overdose on the night in question. When we say that the verdict gave satisfaction, we except Charles Malcolm, and the astute solicitor he had employed. The former, though relieved by Sybil's escape, had not lost his conviction of her guilt; and, the latter, as soon as they were together, and alone, began to inveigh against the thick-headedness of the police who had been occupied in investigating the affair. " My dear Mr. Malcolm !" he exclaimed ; "they have been no good?literally no good at all! Those Vyners were not looked after as they ought to have been, although they had really great reason to be bitter against Mr. Walters, while a vounsr man who had assisted in waiting at the ball, and is said to be in some way connected with them,and was overheard to utter threats against your cousin, has not been looked after or exu mined at all." "Why did not you see to this ?" Malcolm irately demanded. " Because 1 have only just learned these facts, from overhearing two of Mr. Derwent's servants discussing them. Moreover, an important oinmission has been entirely overlooked. Of the broken phial which contained the poison, every fragment has been found; but where is the stopper that secured it ??what has become of that?" Malcolm suggested that a cork might t"im Vippti used, which was easily trodden underfoot, and so lost, tint Mr. Cayson shook his head. "Iam convinced that the contents of this ' little bottle were secured with a stopper, which, no doubt, was of the same peculiar make and tint. Where, then, can this be ? Is it still in the possession of the person who administered the poison " Then you think, with me, that the verdict is a mistaken one ; and that my cousin did not commit suicide ?" Malcolm abruptly queried. " Mv dear sir.'' replied Mr. Cayson, with emphasis, "lamas certain as I am of the coming of quarter-day, that our unfortunate friend never attempted his own life. If I had not known hira intimately, and studied his character, I might have decided as those gentlemen have done. But, firstly, Mr. Robert Walters was the Lost man in the world to take the trouble of carrying medicine about with him under any circumstances, and especially when bound for a fancy ball. Secondly, bis love of the good things he possessed was too strong to induce him to throw them up without cause. And, thirdly, I have seen him, with all his high spirits, turn faint when he ran a penknife into his finger, and go three streets out of liis way to avoid meeting a funeral. No, no, Mr. Malcolm, he was not the sort of a young man to take his own life, though who took it from him i am puzzicu 10 coujectuxe. In fact, it's a very mysterious affair"?and here he helped himself to a pinch of snuff?"a very mysterious affair, and I should like to see my way clearly through it. I should, indeed!" It was some few minutes before Malcolm made any reply. Divided between his solemn sense of the request Walters had enforced upon him, and that lingering attachment to Sybil, which he was ashamed to acknowledge* even to himself, he was greatly troubled as to the course he ought to pursue, j " Surely," he said at last, his indecision I audible in his voice?" surely enough has j been done; and I may solace myself with j the thought that men wiser than I am have | made most careful resoarches. Why then i * ' * T 1 " 4-V.rvI*. Trr?w^ Jr?+ Q a f.VlA I BQOTUa J. IlUb iwvcpu uucu .VU..V. world has done ? Walters could not foresee what he waa entailing upon me, when in a hasty moment he bade me wvenge him! This deed, like many others, may be destined to remain a mystery; and is it not a species ! of fighting against Providence to persevere in these efforts to unravel it ?" " But you have not made these efforts in a vindictive spirit towards any suspected individual," the solicitor reminded him. " I have not, indeed!" said Malcolm, earnestly. " Yet I am sick at heart of the position Walters request places me in, and long to feci that I have done enough." " If you can think so, why, by all means let the matter rest," Mr. Cayson remarked; - " ' -4 i ?J?'--J tv.? '' tUOUXll, 11 i. UUUCl3l.mJU ^ ^ >" ' vj . ., trufitf, - ? yV'--A|L> other Say, you declared that you nevo> intended giving up, until satisfied in your own mind of the cause of Mr. Walters' death. Are you satisfied V , Malcolm- was obliged to answer in the negative. The lawyer nodded. ' You are not? Ah, I thought as much. When I was a young man like you are, Mr. Malcolm, I used to get out of heart sometimes, just as you are now doing, whenever a case got very .confused and difficult; and I found that the best thing I could do was to put it out of my thoughts for a little while, and then go at it again freshly. I think you and I had better try that plan now. -I'll go addJra* promise I made to Mrs. Caysoaof taidng'her to a concert; and you would do well to have a bath, a nice little . difmer, and a good night's rest; for, upon my word, you are looking quite worn out. Ypu are, indeed. And to-morrj^fr wo will, if yotf' S lease, take a quiet review of-what we have one, and decide upon our future proceedings." >. Malcolm ?<rtv>pd with tha wiidom of hifl counsel; and, when the Lawyer left him, he resolved to follow part of it, ahd get a little re3t, his nights o? late having been bo wakeful, that both eyse and head ached wretchedly. Ho had thrown himself on a couch, and was giving orders not to bo disturbed, when he learned that a lady was below, who urgently begged to see him, if only for five minutes. Could it be Sybil ? and, if so, why did she seek him again ? After a little hesitation, he bade the servant show his visitor op; but she refused to leave the vehicle in which she had arrived, reiterating her request that Mr. Malcolm would come to her, if only for a moment, Thus urged, he descended. As soon as he approached the cab, tho lady, who was seated in it, threw back her veil, and disnlaved the sweet, though Dale and tearful ft" */ - " ~ ' O * face of Violet Lindsly. She blushed when she saw his surprise ; and, holding out her hand, hurriedly said, "I will not detain you, except to answer one question. Are all our friends safe"? and her voice dropped to a whisper?"and innocent ?" "Have you not seen your guardian and his daughter?" he queried, a little evasively. " Sybil has been brought j^me very ill," she answered?"too ill to answer my inquiries ; and Mr. Derwent has gone to transact some business which could not be delnvtHl: so vnu see that there is no one to tell me the particulars of what has hap- 1 pened, and I am very anxious and very i miserable. Dear Mr. Malcolm,"?and now the real cause of her uneasiness was explained?"what is this that I hear about Mr. Aul ray ? You were my father's friend, ai d you will be indulgent to me, or I ahould bo ashamed to trouble you with these questions !" she blushingly added. "My dear Miss Lindsly, I shall gladly dc anything to se-ve you, and never think it. a trouble. But I do not know what you have heard about Mr. Aubrey, or I should answer you at once." Touched by the grave kindness of his manner, she dashed away the tears that were coursing down her cheeks. "Thank you?thank you. It is but a few words that I have heard, for I was not alone, and Mr. Derwent could not stay to say more then. But I learned that Mr. Aubrey's replies were considered unsatis Factory, and that he?that he Uh : Mr. Malcolm, do tell me truly whether he is Bafe, and if anything will be done to him V Poor Violet had sought for words which should neither express too much, nor too little. Whilst eager to learn how far Vernon Aubrey was implicated, she was fearful of saying anything that might induce othera-kMloabfc-him-also. ?Malcolm saw this, and pitied her. "Make yourself easy, Miss Lindsly. Mr. Aubrey has quitted this neighborhood, and has no pursuit to fear." Her eyes sparkled joyfully. "This*is good news, indeed ! Then he is quite safe, and every shadow is cleared from his famo, is it not ?" Malcolm would have evaded replying, for his own doubts of Aubrey were too recently aroused to be glossed over. "He is safe if lie is innocent," he said, when her urgent iooks oesougat an answer. His measured words chilled her. "If he is innocent, do you say ? Oh, Mr. Malcolm, I hope that you don't think ho knew anything about Mr. "Walter's death, do you ?" Aa the soft, blue eyes questioned his so anxiously, Malcolm longed to be able to answer her as she wished, and send her away happy. But ho was too truthful to deceive her, and so he stood silent. Violet was unused to sorrow. In fact, the only grief she had ever known had been the death of her excellent father. She was therefore soon overcome, and divined the worst from Malcolm's manner. It corroborated those conjectures of her guardian. ' ' 1 ^ .1 j 1 . wmcn niiu ciir&iiujr wdo uci ov luaiij wutm and with a moan, she threw herself back in the cab, sobbing so piteously, that Malcolm began to be alarmed. But she did not seem to listen to his soothing speeches. "Please to tell the man to take me back to the Lodge," 6he said, "I wish I had not come, though you have been very kind, Mr. Malcolm ; bnt I could hope a little till I heard what you said. You will think me very silly, I dare say, to be in such trouble about Mr. Aubrey; but we were children together, and?and, oh, me! I wish I were a child again, that I could do ~ T J J- alflflT* fl.Tir? ft\Tm iW I Ubl'U IO.UU l/UCU^gV UV a*vv^; ?v. get all this misery." She looked so young1, so helpless, now, that Malcolm sighed as the cabman, in obedience to his signal, drove away. "Poor little thing!" he muttered. "It eecms hard that she should be drawn into this complication of trouble. Her sunny nature will be terribly warped by a continuance of such dark days as the present ones. She knows that Aubrey is not clear of some connection with poor Rob's death; but she evidently does not connect Sybil with it too ; nor would I, for worlds, say /.nything to arouse suspicions that would only add to her present unhappiness. Sybil and Aubrey, one or both, guilty. What strange mystery is it that lurks beneath their dark and troubled looks ? and what must I do to penetrate it, and bring home Mie guilt to the actual murderer?" "With these questions continually recurring to his mind, Malcolm again sought his /ouch, and, after tossing about for several hours, ho sank into a deep and oreamiess sleep. When he opened his eyes, Mr. Cayson, snuff-box in hand, and his gaze fixed upon the clock, was sitting by his bed-side, impatiently waiting his awakening. "At last'Pon my word, my dear sir, I never grudged any one their rest as I have you yours, during the hour and seventeen minutes that I have been sitting here." "You have news for me ?" Malcolm exclaimed, starting up and beginning to dress. Mr. Cayson nodded. "I believe I have. I am ready to rescind my snappish remarks . about the police; they have been sharper than I imagined; and I fancy, Mr. Malcolm, that they have laid their hands on the actual murderer of our unfortunate friend, after all." Malcolm's head swam, and he caught at the bed-post for support. Was it Sybil that they had seized ? He dared not ask. Mr. Cayson looked concerned at his agi"\Tv /?onr cir. T nnflrht not to have 0 told you my news so suddenly. Your nerves are out of tone. You want some quinine to brace them. A fine tonic is quinine!" "Never mind my nerves," said Malcolm, impatiently; "but go on. I am listening." The solicitor obeyed. "You remember my speaking of a young man?a iovcr or cousin of that youn<?girlat Catuberwcll? Yes, I see you doj and that I mentioned his being employed to wait at the ball ? Well, my dear sir, this young follow, as I believe I tol l you, said some very bitter things to Mr. Derwent'a servants about Mr. Walter's attentions to Millicent Vyner, and exjvvased his determination to put an end to " 1 hiiii ?- ~ thorn. Yes, those were the W&rds he used. He would put an end to Mr. Walter's going* tftiin that quarter, if he twung for it. A very significant and very ominous speech, "It sounds so; yet, after all, it is simply tea Vernon Aubrey's threats put into coarser .yjj language," said Malcolm. .."I do not set <*jgEi that the intemperate expressions of / Dus lover should be taken "Perhaps not?perhaps not; bW^HQB must agree with me that they evinceIbMHbBB malicious intention. However, that is nogS^g^ap all. The police have kept their eyes upomfift this young fellow, Eichaid Eobeon hjSSQtt^. name, and have detected him in the act' of5g??| pledging a valuable ring, which l (tore say you will recognize; and which Mr. Walter's valet swears wa^ on his masker's finger ygjfcS when he left home Jor;the ball at Derweut. Lodge. Mr. Richard Robson refuses to say where he got this ring, and consequently he has been arrested for unlawful possession of it, I think,-Mr. Malcolm, this' is the first step towards discovering the murderer;?and Mr. Cayson rubbed his '? ' hands with an air of satisfaction. , "Perhaps not," Malcolm replied. "It Is * quite possible that my cousin Walters gave f"-, this ring to Millie* : Yerner, and the young man received * from hey." "But the girl has been questioned, and declares that it is not so. That she has v seen the ring on Mr. Walter's finger - more : ' : than once; but cannot remember whether ' > ho wore it that night. However, we have_.. his valet's evidence that he did, and Bichard Robson will bo brought before th? magistrates this afternoon. Of course ydu will be present at the hearing ?" Certainly! If this man proves to bo the . murderer of poor Bob, I shall be thankful indeed, and distrust my own impressions *' ever afterwards." ?., Mr. Cayson stared. "That sounds cold, t . my dear sir. llnye you, then, really chcr- > ished suspicions all this while, which pointed to some particular individual? rethought you were as v. holly at a loss adX have been. Malcolm bit his lip, and inwardly cursed his imprudence in making such a remark in the presence of the sharp-witted lawyer. "To acknowledge my suspicions to you, or any one else, might have induced y6a to pre-judge a guiltless person. It* is bud enough to fear that I have been doing thU- . myself, is it not?" . . . \> \T r P-itrenn wV?/\ me/vfi +a "** i'uw *ia\A *lovii us/ uvj/iu V| , shrugged his shoulders. "I hate always told you that you have too tender a con science for our profession. Bat I must not stay now to argue on the folly of your scru- * pies. You will meet me at the police-court at two o'clock, will you not ?*' The young man acquiescing, he departed. . - i A few minutes before the time, Malcolm was standing amidst the throng waiting/or admission at the court-house. Some one * touched his arm, and 'hinking it wae Mr. Cayson, he turned to greet him. But it was a veiled woman who stood beside bim. She thrust a note into his hand, and thon drew back and disappeared; edging her way out of the crowd so quickly, that he had not time to notice more than that sho . was dressed in a dark, coarse cloak, and ? shabby bonnet. Unwilling to draw attention upon himself by examining the paper then, he crumpled it between his lingers, and waited a more fitting opportunity. In a few minutes tho public were admitted, but Mr. Cayson was behind his time; and Malcolm,while awaiting his appearance in the hall, opened the note, and perused its contents. He recognized tho handwriting directly, although tho usually firm lines were now irregular. The enclosure contained only these words:? "Richard Robson is innocent; therefore* save him. If you will not, I must, though it cost me life or reason to make the sacrifice." And these words were signed, "S. D." To be continued. CHICKENS AT TEN CENTS A SHOT. - - " * sc A week or so ago three Marquette sports went down to the Dutch settlement? on ? deer hunt, which was to last several days. They put up with "Louis," an agricultural resident of that locality, who occasionally iUa ?nA*f?ifa "MJmiwI and fli CtlUtTI bus . allotted time for the chase had drawn to a close without that degree of suc&sq. they ' had hoped for (they had not in three days' .: hard tramping seen a solitary -deer), fchejf proposed to Louis, as they sat by the fir* that evening, that in the morning, before they started for home, he should put np some of his chickens at a distance of thirty ' ~ rods and allow them to shoot at them .for A compensation. "Yah, dat ish all right," ?aid Louis, "you gif me ten cents every shoot, and ven you gill him he ish your*." This arrangement completed, the sports re-' tired with an anticipation of fun in the morning. So, after breakfast, they settled their bill, had their team brought up and hitched to the fence, and all arrangements made to start off as soon as they hpd clean* ed the dutchman out of all his chickens at ten cents apiece. While the sports were fixing up a "rest," Louis took a fine rooster under his arm, and started for a stomp thirty rods distant. . ? V After tying him securely he returned, and putting a board across the rain-barrel, commenced to make change. Young Preston laid his improved ficmington in (He notch and blazed away, but the majestic ' chanticleer didn't even turn hia head orwink his eyebrow. Evidently Preston had missed. A smile of pity for the inexperience of their comrade beamed on the faces of the others 03 Lattimere adjusted his piece and fired. "Beats all!", he remarked * after a pause, as the rooster gave no sign of being hit. .V V Satterlee, Jr., laughed long and loud aa be threw himself upon the plank and -peer* ed through the globe of his fancy Henry. "Wnf/Vh Mm now."?bans! They watched him, and evidently ho was watching them, and wondering what in thunder they were trying to do. The next two rounds wers fired without much comment by the sports, and his nibs never fluttered. Then they got some hot water and cleaned their guns, and fired at a target. It was easy enough to hit the target, but when it came to that rooster "they wasn't there." Finally Lattimere hit upon a happy idea. His gun was doubl -barrelled?one rifle and the other for shot, and as he quietly slipped in sixteen bnckshot and leveled over the plank, a smile of sardonic sweetness illuminated his features. The report >;. fcprrifie. and the head of the rooster dropped down beside the stump, but he himself stood up there yet in all the pri* tine majesty of former days. It was * -ft sight to see! Silently, and without a word those three young men entered their cutter and drove away. Louis had killed the roost* er the night before and frozen him harder than the language those young men indulge ed in on their way back to Marquette. / ??? ? ??? A citizen of Indianapolis having lost at faro three hundred dollars belonging to Vila omnV.? .rn Viia urifn twit a nifltol. went to the winner, and made him give bade th? ' money, ??W?MB