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CONGAffEE
Columbia, S. O.
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^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.
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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 $1.40 per bushel, received even
week, by
L Cunningham & Templeton
Nov. 11 31-tf
ESTATE OF
JAS. C. RAY, dec'd
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ALL persons incebted to James C
llay at the time of his cleat)
lire requested to make payment to uf
and those having demands a rains
bim to render them in properly reified
to us
WILLIAM ANDERSON,
ANDREW ANDERSON,
Executors.
I Abbeville, March 13, 1875, 49-6m
C. E. BRUCE,
Boot and Shoe Makei
Over Parker & Perrin's Store.
Abbeville, S. C.
TkESIRES to say that he is fully pr
B nariul in moot nil Homanrfu tV
public may make in his line. He keej
. constantly on hand a large lot of tl
^best material and employs only the fine
workmen. He keeps a full stock <
custom-made Boots and Shoes, an
guarantees the most entire satisfactio
i gin every instance.
p Sept 1,1874, 21-tf
Hark the Spot of Tour Be
ceased Friends.
Marble Works4
FULL line of stock on hand an
_ 11 J * I. ~ 1^. i ? _
Eg /T mi worh suiu ui iiie juw est priu
a and work done in the best workman-lil
H 'manner. Several hundred new an
U handsome designs on hand to mal
I selections from. We will duplicate cil
H price in all monumental work, by whi(
js arties can save freight.
It Yery respectfully.
I 3. D. CHALMERS.
I ), 1874, 21-tf
"... STEAM '$
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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.
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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
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Isiu&eu 1U1 XVCJJtUJLB. I
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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;
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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
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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.
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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
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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 "
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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.
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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.
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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,
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