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"by C A^EE A^HTJSH \V1 LM AliiltVIi.U:. S. I ., WH'MSI'AY. JOE Pi. 1-73. "" VOLUME XHII-NO. 10.y | C0N6AREE Ooitimtoia, S. O. ^ Proprietor. Manufacturer of Steam En-, gines and Boilers. Iron and Brass Castings of all Descriptions made to Order. ! I was awarded the first premium' on castings at the State Agricultural ar<d Mechanical Society Fairs, held in Columbia, November, 1S71. 72, 73. MANUFACTURE I Cricular Saw Mills of all sizes. ' ALSO Took the First Premium at State Pairs hold November, lb71, Manufacturer of Grist Mills Irons of all sizes. For Sale. Gin Gearing of the following sizes. 9 feet wheel and pinion $.'?(> 00 JO 14 u " 44 32 50 11 " " 44 " (to 12 44 44 44 44 45 00 , J4 44 44 44 44 50 OD j With Bolts $B.50 Extra for each set. Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cot tpu Press ?1(?.00 ana $n:.i>u per sei. D. Ji. SMITH, Agent, I Abbeville S. C. J \ Dec. 10, 1873, 35-tf i New Store! ; NEW GOODS!!; rBlii l'< unueraijjiieu na>r j"-i ?i'?> _S hii entire new stock of GROCERIES, | Provision and Liquors, j As well as Other Goods in1 their Line. f i j At t!ie Oid Stand of A. M. HILL, re-J cently TllOWJiKIIKiK & CO., wheivj S we will be pleased to serve the public [ CUE A I' FOlt CASH. I A TVT TTTTX. Ix jb a.aj)? v*. /fc jv ?w? .Tail. 29. 1870, 42-tf __ i C. WEST & SONS, . ALADDiNso"i!TT THE BEST OIL IN USE. vrait ranted 150 degrees fire test. WjULcr white in eolor. Fully deoderized. j And it will not explode. It burns ^11 Coal Oil and Kerosene j Lamp*. T32Y IT. Ask for "Aladdin j Security," and take no other. C. WEST & SONS'. | j| 11:< and llo \V. Lombard .St., Rult. 31(1.1 Nov. 7, 1S74 gO-Cm I S. B. NORRELL, I Harness and SaddleJKaker, 1 Jk T his Old Stand over Parker & Peris? A rlu's Drug Store, lias a supply of B- Korihern HARNESS LEATHER, j| and other material for Making and Re? pairing Saddles and Harness. KDec. 2, 1874, 34, tf I FRESH "COUNRY MEAL, At $1.40 per bushel, received every W- ???/i/? Cunningham & Temph ton. ov. 11 31-tf ESTATE OF JAS. C. BAY, dec'd. A LL persons indebted to James C. XJl Ray at the time of his death are requested to make payment to us, and those having demands against him to render then) in properly verified to us. WTT,T,T A \T A\TnF.R.SOX. ANDREVV AXDERSOX, i Executors. Abbeville, March 13, 1875, 49-Gin ~~C. E. BRUCE, Boot and Shoe Maker, Over Parler & renin's Store. j^bbeville9 S. C. DESIRES to say that he is fully prepared.to meet all demands the public may make in his line. He keeps ^ constantly on hand a large lot of the best material and em ploys only the tines! 7' workmen. He keeps a full stock oi custom-made Boots and Shoes, and o-imrftnfpps the most entire satisfaction ? fn every instance. Kp Sept. 1, 1874, 21-tf m Mark the Spot of Your Dell ceased Friends. U Marble WorksH A FULL line of stock on hand anc /m all work sold at the lowest price eg and work done in thebest workman-lik< m manner. Several hundred new ant j|| handsome designs on hand to mak< aelectionsfrom. We will duplicate citj |s price in all monumental work, whicl ?| iHPtie4 can save freight. II Very respectfully, i J. D. CHALMERS. |? l<111874,12,tf STEAM i PI JIM iiiii I UililJUil V . 1IJB. JLJL4 MM Columbia, S. C. jjjjt ' ifik ;7. F. W WING, Proprietor, n w MANUFACTURER OF I 11 I W J Sash, Blinds, Doors, ? WINDOW j ? AXI) DOOR FRAMES, ! j Ms Pivot Blinds and Mm ? COLUMNS, 11 Pilasters,: " MANTEL PIECES, j : I SI Mouldings, Brackeis,! J Hand-Rails, ^ NEWELS, BALUSTRES, ! tl Scroll M of all Description, .h V, All Work Guaranteed A No. 1. ? May 28, 1874, 7-ly. J J.D. CHALMERS & CO. |: ti I)K.\ TiKKS IN V h Chairs, Parlor Sails, (Her Sails, 5 1 si Walnut & Mahogany Bareaus,| i b Washstanris, Tables, Bedsteads. b Window Shades. &c. Looking ^ til asses. Oil Chronios, <fte. Abbeville, S. C. " 0 AU.o air<-tits tor iho sale of the celebrated i'hiladelphia Improved iiir- ^ tic Window Shade, wiiii h for dirra- " hilily, cheapness. eonvenienec ami ^ lieautv, cannot he surpassed. Jjaeh n 1 ' - ' : i- - i I. ..II il,,. Mvr.l li siiaoe is iiiruiMii-u ?>iin .in cv. ..... uivs com jdete. :ti:d only requires two s lath nail* or small sercws to fasten it up with, Should 1111-\ become soiled by flits, they t un bespread on a table. V washed and made as bright as new, and wiH last lor years. I h:s style of shade is nnitdi superior to cloth ( shades. In warm weather, when the n window is raised, the shade admits the air hut prevents Hies and mosqui- ,J - 11,<? vnnm Tin? simnlie-1 , , U uiiuni^; IIM .WW.... _ . ( ^ ^ ity of their fixtures i? n.ueh in their s favor, as Ihey require no rollers, each i a shade b<-in?j cinpiete, and any one ean drive two nails !>v which to han? E " . ' I 1) them. They arv low ii; price, dura- ' a hli\ convenient. and never ijet out ol j order. Ca'l at store and see :?ainjdes. ii Nov. 18, 1874 32-1 f J IfflfflSTRY! DENTISTRY!! ' Dr. H. L. WILSON 5 H OFFERS his professional services to the people of Abbeville County 'and of upper South Carolina. Having 1 I just finished a course of study in the 1 Pennsylvania College of Dental Sur- v gery, he feels fully competent to attend to all cases requiring the exe.cise oj ^ |skilled Dental Surgery that may be , i brought to him. He asks the patronage of the people, and guarantees full and 1 complete satisfaction. He has procured la full set of first-class Dental Instruiments, and is prepared to do first-class 1 | work at most reasonable rates. I ??>" OFFICE jnst over Post Ofiiee. | M^CJOLDSMITIf. V. KIM). I ! Oolclsmith & Ivind, < ! FOUJN DISKS K mAUMimaid, i (I?HU2XIX IKON WOKKS, ! COLUMBIA, S. C. Manufacturers of steam En- i gines of all sizes; Horsepowers, t Circular and Muley Saw Mills, Grist < and Sugar Cane Mills, Flour Mills, Or- i 1 namental, House and Store Fronts, Iron | Railings, Agricultural Implements, etc. Ilirass and Iron Castings of all kinds J made to order on short notice, and on the most reasonable terms. Also, man! ufacturers of Cotton Presses. j May 28, 1873, 7-12m , THOMAS' SAW MILLj I IS j j Closed for Repairs. PARTIES who liavo contracted! for LUMBER will call on AL LEN McCANTY at Mr. Edwards. I have sonic lumber on band which ! will be disposed of for the cash. J. W. THOMAS. March 24, 1S75, 50-tf : m. JOHN S. THOMPSON,! r] DENTIST, OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of Abbeville, and the surrounding country. ^ Office over Citizens' Savings ' Bank, Abbeville, S. C. Oct. 2,1873,28tf i nnMTNfflilTi TEMPTIMI " UUlUUilUUUil4 M ? t [ j Have just opened a Rice lino of ISBGARS, from S3 to ?? per box; a good Segar at 5 cents. Give them a call. '} Nov. 11 31-lf lalcolm, the Avenger; I or, t THE UYSTEEIOUS 1I7BDE8, I * ' ' : BY HAKEISON AINSWORTH. I UTUOE OF "TOWXR " BASTLSD XT IA8T "A Talk <fr MvartBT," . w ETC., YrC, i* . ' 1 CHAPTER MILI.XCEXT S RESOI^VS, ' I : Mrs. Vyner's extraordinary stacemooL wan sard by her daughter with incredulity, liile Mary looked from one Vo the other, i ot knowing what to believe. Millicerit as inclined to think with her cousin that le senses of her widowed parent must be andering. For anything of Walters' to ave been in her possession was in itself nlikely; and still inoro strange would it be >r the article in question to have fallen, by ny possibility, into the hands of the young inn Robson through Mrs. Vyner's agency. " I see that you hardly know how to beeve me," said the latter faintly ; " but it's uite true, for all th t. And I gave the iner tc Ki"har 1," she added, wringing her unds, "for a bad purposo, an evil purpose -in a von forgive me for it!" Millii eut sank down on the side of the ed, trembling with terror. Could it bo ossible that Robaou was guilty, after all; nd that her mother, in a paroxysm of jvengc,hadabettcdhis attempt on Walters' fe? Mary, who had hitherto been a mute and 'onduring listener, hurried to her cousin, nd threw an arm around her. " Speak lore p'ainly, aunt," she cried. "Don't you 30 you are frightening us to death ? SureT Trr>" dmi'fc moan us to infer that Richard ammitted the murder, and that you know " Knew that he meant to take life ??no, o ! But if he has done so, the fault is mine, >r it was I who made him an opportunity f seeing that wicked but unfortunate genleman." Millicent, with some difficulty, aroused erself from her trance of terror. She had lways had unbounded influence over the eaker mind of her mother, and now she xercised it. By dint of quiet firmness, she rst soothed the nervous excitability of the eeping woman, and then set herself to jarn the precise nature of the circumstances )r which Mrs. Vyner was upbraiding herm it was now that she !e irned what she had itherto only suspected?that it was through ie jealous watchfulness of Kobson that Palters' assiduities had been revealed to er mother. It was Robson, too, who had, y his hints, taught the weak and credulous ,nmoti eiis-nnft, fluit Millicent was 'lend lg a willing ear to Walters' entreaties that he should fly with him. This was heard by her daughter with a urst of indignation. " Oh, mother! can it e possible that you believed this of me ? 'ou, who knew mo so well! Could you liink that if I had loved Mr. Walters ever d well, I should have forgotten my duty to ou, or relinquish my self-respect, and beoiue a guilty, fallen creature f" " Forgive me, my dear,1' sobbed Mrs. ryner penitently. "I am sure I was so upset nth what Richard told me, that I was learly beside myself, and didn't know what o think. And?and I was obliged to relember that you're very young; and that ic was so handsome and fascinating. Beides, your life here is such a miserable one -nothing but working and slaving from reek's end to week's end?that I knew it iust be a great temptation to you, if Mi^ Valters " ?? ... _ .1. , P 3 J 1 jjiunceni s gesture 01 ueniiu sueuccu iic*. " I never have been tempted as you supose. Hard as my life is and has been, and it en as I have repined at our lot, I have ever?no, mother, not for a single moment -meditate exchanging it for a life of luxury ought at such a fearful price as my honor, .'oil do an injustice to the memory of the lead when you hint that Mr. Walters ever ullied my ears with a word it would have haiued me to listen to." This was true, for, despite his recklessicss and libertine propensities, the young nan had been awed by Millicent's purity ml a certain innate dignity which she possessed. He could not meet the gaze of ler earnest eyes without involuntarily repecting her innocence; nor did he ever leave ler without a sense of shame for the hollowless of the vows and protestations with rliieh he had been seeking to win her. IFeebly reproaching herself and entreatug her daughter's pardon, Mrs. Vyner sob?ed more loudly than before; but at last lillicent's affectionate kiss pacified her, and he proceeded with her confession." "It was through Robson," she said, "that he had heard of Mr. Walters' intended visit o her cottage when on his way to the fancy /all. Although engaged to assist at Dervent Lodge, the young man had lingered o learn the issue of the eclaircissement at "anibcrwell which his revelations provoked. Vhen Millicent, wounded to the soul, by icr conviction of her lover's unworthiicss, had shut herself in her chamber to reep unseen, Robson stole in to Mrs. ,'ynor, to hear her describe the disconcerfc:d Walters' reception of her upbraidings. AVIiilo triumphing in the knowledge that >1 ill icon t would never see or listen to his ival again, his hatred of the man who had >laved with her generous young heart be :ti?e greater than before. It was now that ^Irs. Vyner discovered that Walters had eft one of his gloves behind him, and had mknowingly drawn the ring off his finger .v'tli it. ' Give it to me !" cried Robson, as the viclow held it up. " I will return it, and at lie same time tell him a few bitter truths. )h, I was longing for an opportunity to do his, and they can't deny me access to him .vlan I have such a good reason to give for seeking his presence." " And so," Mrs Vyner concluded, " I let dm have it, and saw no more of him or the in;,' till he brought it back, telling me that ii>< h id nut had a' fiance of returning it, and hat Mr. Walters was dead." ?. ij.,4- l.,. s.smiI.1 ,w.t Ikivo sniil rmvtlimp- to hdu?e yon to think that ho ha*! a hand in : hat gentleman's death!" cried Mary Vyner, repn a lii ully. "I don't know what he said; but the news hocked me, and I refused to take back the ing. I felt iis if I could not bear to have in the house; and then, soon afterwards, : he news came that Mr. Walters had died y poison, and I knew not what to think. And when Richard again offered"me the ring, I bade him sell it, or get rid of it niehow. for I feared that if it was found .!i his possession or mine, suspicion woidd i-i'l upon us. And so it has, you see, .and .acliaru is m prison. " Yes, aunt," cried Mary, warmly, "he ia in prison because yon liave not had the honesty to forae forward and say how you :*i>t the ring. While he?poor, dear, noble lellow !?is keeping silence because he loves Millicent, and wouldn't get her mother into any trouble for the world !" "But, if Richard really killed Mr. Walters, as every one seems to say he did, should I not have been suspected of having had something to do with it if I had come forward as you say I ought to do ?" objected the widow, Tvith a helpless look at her daughter. "But every one does not think him guilty!" cried Mary, swelling with resentment; "for 1 do not, neither does my cousin?do you, Millicent ?" The Latter did not reply till the question was repeated. " I beg your pardon; I was thinking of something else. Do I think Iiichard Kobson guilty ? Certainly not; and we shall now be able to do something towards proving his innocence. Hush, mother!" Bhe exclaimed, as Mrs. Vyner began to speak. " We must have no drawing back now, but undo as far as we can the mischief that your silence has wrought. Why, oh, why did you keep these things from me so long?" " I said nothing at first," the widow replied, "because you w*jce miserable qnpuyh, ny poor cnilJ, ami I thought the sight of )lr. Walters' ring would only set you fret- " ing again. And afterwards my fears kept ne from speaking, until they grew so r ntolerable that I could hide them no onger." J " It was very cruel and cowardly of you, iunt," Mary reproachfully observed, "to I >et poor Richard suffer imprisonment, when ? half a dozen words from your lip3 might ^ have saved him." . Mrs. Vyner began weeping to excuse her? c self, but Millicent interposed 1 "Peace, dear mother; and you Mary, be merciful. Remember that my mother is weak-nerved, and easily alar/ued. Ivor is ' Richard as blameless as you would have I him appear. Ho knew very well that he was doing wrong in pled,; 'ng 1' > ring, instead of J adv'sing tint it sltouM Lo given up to Mr. Walters' heirs." ' "And this is nil the thanks you give him ' ^"'1 iiflon air>rifinin<T himself sooner than denounce your mother !" Mary Yyner ] cried, vehemently " Millicent, you aro downright selfish and hard-hearted !" Her angry specch was heard with calm* ness. _ 1 " Never mind what T am, Mary. Let it ' be your pleasant taslc to see Richard as early as you can obtain admission to him, 1 and tell him that mother's evidence shall be ' forthcoming at the next examination." ' "And the lady who proposed assisting him to escape ?" queried Mary; may I venture to tell her that Richard's innoeonce 1 will be manifested, and that his liberation I is certain, or do you think thej will bring 1 another charge against him ?" "Richard knows b. st. whether that can be 1 done. Learn his wishes, and I will lie your j companion when you meet the lady '' With this agreeu ent, the cousins parted, Mary waiting most patiently for the hour 1 when she was able to visit the young man. ' He scarcely know whether to he vexed or ] pleased at the tiding she brought him. His liberty was precious; but in laying Millicent under so grat an obligation as he had intended to do, by shielding her mother, ' * ' ' I lie tliougnt nc was ?..c ,,#v ... ..... favor; whereas it appeared, from Mary's i account, (Itut she had blamed instead of praised him. "It'sall nonsense." he said, peevishly, 1 "ahout a l;ulj wanting to help me to escape. Tell me no more, for I can't and won't l.olicve it. If it were the truth you are telling me, which I am sure it can't be, still it would he ridiculous for mo to attempt to g? t away. I should he pretty sure to he detected, even if T were willing to make a cat's-paw of you, Mary, and th;it I would never do. You are a true-hearted little girl, and worth a dozen of your proud, unfeeling cousin Millicent!" Mary blushed with delight. " And you think you are s-ifo, dear Richard? You think they will not try to implicate you in the murder ?" He pondered for a minute. "Yes, Mary dear, I believe T am quite 6afe; so go home, and make yourself contented. There's no evidence that can bring Mr. Walters' death home to me." He spoke correctly. Mr, Dorwcnt's butler, to whose g'Kid offices he had owed permission to assist in waiting on the guests, lionn rtnTln/1 u fc fVlrt VDlinfT ni3.Il*3 i JIU.VI UU? 1/V.VU J O first examination. ^Ie now came forward, and swore that he never lost si^-ht of EobBon during the whole of the entertainment. "What makes you so verv certain of this J" one of the magistrates demanded. " I'll tell you gentlemen,'' the man respectfully replied. "Kobson came very late, j and in such an excited state, that I guessed | something had happened to put him out of | tomper. When I asked what it was, he told | me a long etory, and finished with declaring that he meant to upbraid Mr. Walters for his { conduct before our young ladies, Miss Der- | went and Miss Lindsly. As I knew that such a disturbance might cost me my place, I took care to give him no chance of making it, and kept hiin constantly employed in my pantry. When the ball was over, I made him the offer of half my bed, but as he would not accept it, I saiV him off the premises, looking and bolting the door as Boon as he had departed." This testimony, coupled with Mrs. Vyner's?which was given with so many tears and such genuine regret that no one doubti i :j._ -pvt. A ?fl ner Vuruuil/^"~t;Auin;iaw;u xwuBviit i slight punishment was inflicted npon him for his attempt to pledge the ring, which was then handed over to the solicitor Mr. Cayson. A day or two after this, as Charles Malcolm was writing in his chambers, a card was brought to him with the name of Millicent Vyner traced upon it. He gave orders for her to be admitted. She was trembling with some violent emotion, but his gravely courteous manner, as ho bowed and handed her a chair, relieved her in a great measure froai the embarrassment under which she was laboring. She glanced at the papers on his desk. "Am I .hindering you ?" "Not at all. I am busy, certainly, but I can find time to listen to anything you wish to say to me." "I thank you, sir. If I detain you too long, pray do not hesitate to tell me so." And then Millicent paused, and seemed to be nerving herself to a great effort. Her color came and went, her lips trembled, and twice her fingers sought to unfold .a omoii Rhf> held, but faltered over their task, until she -was compelled to relinquish it. "I fear that you have walked too fast, Miss Vyner," said Malcolm kindly. "Pray rest a little while, and let me give you a glass of wine." But this she declined, and tearing off the wrappers that enveloped it, placed in the hand of Malcolm a locket containing tho portrait of Robert Walters. "This is the only present I ever accepted from your cousin," she said, in tremulous tones. "I thought to have kept it as long as I lived, but I have a pressing need for a little money, and I have no means of raising the sum I require except by parting with this." Charles Malcolm gazed sadly at the bright handsome image on the ivory, and sighed as he thought how short Walter's promising career had been. "You wish me to purchase this, Miss Vyner ? I shall be glad to do so. It will gratify me very much to possess so excellent a likeness of my poor cousin." "Not to purchase. I hope to be able to * ' j _ >? _i__ i:^,i un.,t reclaim it some aay, snu rej/ueu. uuu . I should not have the temerity to come to you for a loan, if the purpose for which I j need it were not closely connected with him whose fate we both deeply regret." "I am at loss for your meaning," Malcolm exclaimed. "Will you treat mo as the friend I wish to be, and tell me unreservedly what it is you are about to do ?" "To trace the actual murderer of your cousin," she firmly replied. "I believo that I have gained the clue. Patience and perseverance may give me the rest." Malcolm drew his chair close to her. "Again I must say I do not understand you," he exclaimed. "We agreed in thinking Richard Robson innocent. "And so he is; we will not wrong him by doubting it; but it is to his imprisonment we owe the clue of which 1 spoke. A lady, who kept her face concealed by her veil, interested herself so much in his behalf as to plan his escape; and offered to concoct mnnanwia urit.Vi one who loved him, for effecting this. You can guess, can you not, what I thought, when 1 knew of her offers ?" Malcolm nodded. "Pray go on," he said hoarsely. "I felt convinced,1' she proceeded, "that no stranger *?ould do this, nnlesi influeno* ed by some powerful?rox*y powerful motive ; and I believed hers to be remorse. She acknowledged that she knew Richard Robson to be in danger of suffering for the crime of another. Then that crime was hers, or else she was able to declare by whom it was committed." Charles Malcolm rose, and opened the window, for he could no longer control his agitation. "This room is stifling. I beg yotir pardon for interrupting you. Pray proceed " "I told myself," Millicent went on, "that Robert Walter's death might yet be avenp:* d; tliat it might be mine to discover his ^ nurderer, and I have therefore watched w his veiled woman,- I have learned her fc ifime and residence, v.I have, by a fortu- a) iate accident, heard that a servant in the Q( louse is ill, and obliged to leave suddenly. . have applied to the house keeper to be 8j icrmitted to fill her place, and she has ccn;ented to take me otf?irial for a month. ^ Hr. Malcolm, ere tliat taonth is over, I may )0 able to say to yotfo*Here are the mur- ^ lurers of Robert Walters, and here are the ' proofs of their gullfc, ,?V T-Tr>r fnrifs fVirm?d<t)firVTno'h her aorit.ated irarer, but he dS^not [speak; and, ^ with a little hesitation?the results of her c| >roud distaste to lay under an obligation ?she said, "It is for the carrying out of this ^ purpose that I require the money." ^ Mechanically he drew out his purse, and ^ aeld it towards her, but, blushingv. pain- g]'ully, Millicent rejcctcd it. ^ "No, sir; it is not for myself that I need ? t. I could not ask this for my own wants; ^ ;t is for my mother, who will be deprived, "or a time, of my daily earnings. If you n will help her, I shall be glad. A small?a ^ rery small sum will sullice, for we have rj long been accustomed to deny ourselves." j "Mrs. Vyner shall be my caro while you ^ ire away, so you may banish all anxiety on her account," Malcolm replied, in the same ^ constrained manner. n Millicent thanked him warmly, adding, ^ I shall leave home to-night to commence 0 my new duties; but I have not yet told pou the name of tli? lady I have caflse to ^ suspect." e. "There is no necessity for your doing ^ that," groaned Malcolm in a burst of ir- j, repressible anguish. "Heaven help me, I know it too well! It is Sybil Derwent!" ^ Awed by hie evident suffering, Millicent stood Bilently regarding him for a minute, _ then murmured, "And you, too, have sus- ? pected her ?" His head dropped on his hands, and, for a n few minutos, nothing was heard in the ^ room but his labored breathing. When he V?rtTrrnrr?T nnrl mpf, tlifi flrtlllTMLS sionato gaze of the young girl, he was calm ff and even stern. "Miss Vyner," he said, "you will lay the relatives of Eohert "Walters under great r obligation if you succeed in your enter- ^ prise; and any advice or assistance that I 7 can render you shall be freely given." But Millicont could guess how gre.it was j( the pain he was bravely striving to conceal, j and she hastily replied, "Nay, I will come v here no more. I am sorry " He interrupted her. "I beg that yon e will not let any foolish weakness I may evinced deter you from carrying out your ^ purpose, or from demanding my aid, if it ^ will be of any service to you. Robert Waltore enjoined me to avenge his death ; and it mil t l:c done, let it cost we what It wiil!- . a Slie reflected for a while, and then, with renewed energy, she exclaimed, "You have ? given me an additional motive for persever- ? ing?one which inspires me with fresh _ courage. I will go to Derwent Lodge. I will strive, by every means within my power, to detect the guilty ones who dcsecrated r its Wiills with such a crime! And, Mr. T Malcolm, I shall do this, hoping and trusting all the while that she whom we have e both learned to suspect may yet bo exon- n crsted!" q "I dare not hope that!" Malcolm mut terert,despairingly, ".bvervimngisagamst fl it!" " g "So It lias been against others, often and j] oftenereuow,,,Millicentreplied,in cheering _ tones. "Anyhow, I pledge myself to do my best to learn the truth for your sake _ and her3, as well as the love I bore the t dead." ^ Malcolm took her hand and shook it j. warmly. "If you can do this " "I will do it!" she cried emphatically. a "And, if ever I grow faint-hearted and n frightened at the nature of the task before j, me, I will think of you, brooding in your chamber over yonr harassing doubts, and t nerve myself to it again !" r "You are a brave girl!" suid Malcolm j with honest admiration. "And I will no j longer hesitate to confess that I woidd give everything I prize in the world to know c ?* * ^ *- -? - AWA?| 4-V* /mi r?Vi ol>A Sybil uorwent umuueuu; ciou inivugu a^v v is not, nnd never can be, anything to me r now?" _ u Again Millicent castathim a swift glance fraught with the deepest compassion. She 3 had gained an insight into what this man, of a reserved nature and deep feelings, had a been enduring ever since the death of Wal- 1 tors. Leaving with him her mother's address, ? she left him, her resolve strengthened by q this interview. Hitherto she had felt doubt- ^ ful of success, and had asked herself wheth- a er the projected enterprise was not both ' rash and useless. But now she had re- a ceived an incentive to persevere; for might it not result in bringing back peace and c happiness to the heart of the generous and good man who had been Walters' most faithful friend in his lifetime, and who, with c the exception of herself, was the only percrm who had reallvand unselfishly mourned bis untimely death ? CHAPTER X. ? ? MILLICENT AT DERWENT LODGE. V "A new maid Violet! Why, how is this?" opted Sybil, as she entered Miss Lindsly'a dressing-room, and saw the figure of MiLLi- fl cent gliding to and from the wardrobe, where she was arranging some linen. 0Violet, on whose sweet young face there sat an unconquerable sadness, looked up j fro?n her book, and languidly replied, "At j len was ill, and I sent her tome to recruit w afrpnchh. Your housekeeper has en gaped this young person for me in her place. Didn't you know it?" "My dear, bow should I ? You did not mention Allen's illness to me, nor say that you had found her a successor." "Didn't I ? then the fault is your own," Violet responded, rather tartly. "I seldom see you now, except when we have visitors. You" are always out, or else shut up in your own room." Receiving no reply, she added, reproachfully :? " You seem to have lost all interest in me, Sybil. I have had so much I wished to Bay to you, and have never been able to find an opportunity. If one does occur, and I nvrvnare for a loner and serious talk, you always avoid it on some pretext or other." Miss Der went stooped and kissed the brow of her friend. "Dear Violet, don't quarrel with me; for I am not in spirits to defend myself. I will not run away from you so frequently as I have done, but make much of you during the few days you will bo with us before going to Sir^phn Lofroye's." Violet pouted her lips at tho mention of Sir John. "Why do you remind mo of my hateful guardian ? I do not wish to leave the Lodije." "Neither do I wish that you should," Sybil replied, as she threw her arm over Aer companion's shoulders. "I am 6elnsh enough to wish to keep you here. The house will be intolerable to me when you are no longer in it.!' "Let me kiss you for that affectionate speech, dearest Sybil. Oh, if I could be with you always ! It is downright abominable to bo obliged to relinquish the so- , ciety of those I love, for that of the worM ly, covetous Sir John and his weak-minded wife." Sybil opened her eyes widely. "My love, how long have you taken to abusing that worthy couple ?" , "Ever since Mr. Derwent enlightened me ( as to Sir John's ti-ue character." "Papa enlightened you ?" Sybil inquired. "When did he do so, and what did ha say ?" j Violet blushed at the recollection of the long conversation with Mr. Derwent which , had culminated in such an unexpected proposal of marriage. "What did he say P" sho repeated. "It would tire you if I were to tell you all that. Let it suffice that he convinced mo , that my dislike to Sir John Lefaoye is not ill-founded." "Pray don't give way to it, Violet," said - -*** . 5r friend, earnestly. "Eemember that you ill be compelled to reside under his roof ir the next six months, and do try to look ; the brightest side of everything, as you ?ed to do." Violet Lindsly heaved a very doleful gh. "Used to do! Ah, Sybil, we used to bo ippy!" "And we shall bo so again," said Sybil, ying to speak cheerfully?"at least, you ill. There is nothing to prevent it." "But, dear Sybil," said Miss Lindsly, ghing again as she thought of Vernon ubrey; "you do not know all my onxiiies!" "Perhaps not. I believe that the most ? 1 - PL' - maia amongst us conceal some Lnougnta 'om our dearest friends. efroye'8, yon will often meet* one who ia I ncerely^ttachod tq you, and "whose affec- . t on you ajp disposed to return. Will not" rnt aid yon in conquering your repugnance > your guardian and his lady ?" "It you mean Vernon Aubrey, you are listaken," faltered Violet. "Should he Dme to Sir John's while I am there, I shall sfuse to see him. But he will not do so. [e will continue to avoid me, as ho has een doing of Late." Sybil sat silent a while: and then, in low, usky tones, she said, "Surely, dear, you do ot share in the cruel doubts that have een cast upon Mr. Aubrey since the death f Walters?" "Mr. Malcolm entertains them, and so oes your father. But they may bo mistakn, may they not ?" asked Violet, eagerly, .er desire to hear Aubrey exculpated gleam1 g in her tearful, blue eyes. "II pupa* nao Hiiiu uiiii ut? tniuna xur. AHrey guilty, it is enough," said Sybil conracting her brows. "I never contradict apa. Let us talk of something else. Your ew maid?do you like her?" A little irritated at the abruptness of her lanner, Violet carelessly replied, "I don't now. She has only been here for a day 01 wo, and I havo scarcely spoken to her. he is very obliging and very silent, which aits me better just now than Allen's cease38S chattering." ""i - ? r~i 5 ? one IB It gl'aueiUL ^111, UllU Jl<u ijlui/u U efined cast of countenance," Sybil coninued. "Where does she come from, and rhat is she called ?" "I really cannot tell you her place of reslence. I am not curious on such points, ler name is Vyner, Millicent Vyner. Have re not heard it somewhere ?" As the reports of the inquest upon Eobrt Walters had been kept carefully from Violet?who, indeed, had testified no wish o see them?she had casually heard his atentions to Millicent alluded to, and that ras all. To Sybil the name of Vyner was familiar nough; and she shot a suspicious glance cross the room at the lady's maid. Not at all discomposed by this, Millicent ontinued her occupation, and did not seem o see Miss Derwent's approach, until the oung lady was at her elbow. " Your name is Vyner, is it not T' Millicent courtesied assont, and steadily aet the searching gaze 01 tne oars orrjs, rhich had been watching her so narrowly. " Are you the young person who gave vidence at the inquest on Mr. Walters ?'' [ueried Sybil. "Yes, Madam.'' In spite of herself, Millicent's color came ,nd went, and her accents were tremulous, ihe had not learned yet to hear her fickle over spoken of, without losing lier composure. "4nd you loved him ?" commented Sybil, rho saw her emotion. "Foor, foolish girl! le was not worthy of one half the tears hat have been shod, and the anxious hours hat have been spent on his account!" It was a strange specch, and she turned ,way when she uttered it, biting her lips, nd looking as if angry with herself for laving made it. A close and calculating observer of everyhing Miss Derwcnt said and did, Millicent A 1 .1 _ * -1-1 1 if If 10ICU tills, anu quic&iy raiuc answer, jii. l;dcolm does not think 30 lightly of his ca?l oousin, madam." These words arrested Sybil's steps. She I ame back to tillable at which Millicent ras folding some dres.sen, and stood a1 sently oiling and unrolling some ribbons lying ipon it. " Then yon know Sir. Malcolm ?" she aid, at last, trying to speak indifferently, " A little, madam. That is, I have seen nd spoken with him about half a dozen ime3; enough to know that h? is a very ;enerous, kind-hearted gentleman." " Lately ? Have you seen him lately ?" [ueried Sybil, her real interest audible in ho tones she vainly endeavored to render s careless as though she was merely injuring after the welfare of an ordinal-) equaintancc. Millicent had nothing to gain by de Giving ner, so sne an.swereu at yuee, j aw him the morning before I came here." Sybil's dark eyes had a light in them she ould not hide, and her hands began to work tcrvously amongst tbo gay ribbons. "Is he -is Mr. Malcolm well The question was simple enough, but the aanner of it betrayed that, despite the fact f her having rejected him, he still held a ilace in her heart. "Mr. Malcolm is well in health, madam,' ras her reply. "But not in mind P Why is this? Is he -does "he seem to be very much concerned bout his cousin's death 7" "Not so much concerned at Mr. Walters' I ? il- ,1 1? -vr_ yn. itraiu, OJipiesseu Ujr mi. UAIUV-XO A.W [ucst," answered Milliceut, furtively watchng the effect of her revelations on the stutey lady who listened to her so eargerly. "What then was this rnqucjt ? "Mr. Walters' request to his most faithful riend was the task of avenging him upon liB murderer." Sybil Denver, t suddenly wised one of he? lands to her head as '' seized with a violent jaroxysm of pain, and her face became so jhastly that Jlilliccnt pushed a chair tovard3 her thinking that she was about to aint. But she did not seem to sec this. Is soon as she could recover herself su!lisiently to speak, she murmured, " And will yharles Malcolm do this ? But no. it is not ike him. lie would n^vor hunt out and - lenounco the unhappy being wiiose uurncn;d conscience is already inflicting punishnent enough!" This was said to herself more than to .Vlillicent Vjner. who, however, meaningly replied, " Mr. Malcolm is 0110 who puts liis )wn inclination out of the question, when le knows that he has a duty to perform." With startled eyes, h5yl.il gazed at her nechanically, repeating the words, " A luty ! Is it his duty to do this ?" " Ife was Mr. Walters' nearest relative," she was reminded. " True, I had forgotten. Thov were so ?< 4*1. Am inlike tUat it is auucuic to tiuun. ui wv>u together. Yes, I suppose ho considers it lis duty, for by the code of the laws he practices, it is only right to drag the iriininal to justice. Every one seems to forget who it is that suid ' Vengeance is mino.'" Her head drooped on her bosom, I md Millicent could barely catch what she said as she muttered, "And Charles Maljolin is to be the avenger of the crime com- j mitted beneath this roof! Is this retribution ? If it had but been any one else? my one else!'' Absorbed in thoughts before which everything besides sank into insignificance, Sybil walked slowly away. Violet spoke to her as she went, but received no answer. She was ibout to rise and follow her friend, when Millicent, by a gesture, prevented it. "I beg your pardon, ma'am, but I don't think Miss Dorwent is very well, and that 3he would prefer to be alone." Violet resumed her seat. " I dare say you are right. She does not like to be talked to when anything is the matter. But what made you think she was ill ?" she added, feeling a little curious at the length of the conversation between Sybil and her new attendant. " What has Miss Derwent been sayfrig to you ?" " She was speaking about Mr. Walters." Violet shuddered, and cried, impatiently, " Always the same melancholy subject! Every one brings that up in my hearing, although it is hateful to mo. It' you wish to y _ a, l win my favor, my good girl, you must be careful to avoid it." A sad smile played for a moment round Millicent Vyner's lips. "My jealousy of this pretty young creature was causeless," she told herself. "There has never been any love in her heart for Robert Walters." There was a tap at the door just then, and she hastened to open it. Mr. Derwent was standing there; and as ho caught Violet's eye, he hold tip a note, asking, "May I come in?" She started up, and pushed her own lounging chair nearer the fire, over which she had been sitting, because the day waa too wet a^d chilly to allow of her usual out- '' door exercises. But M>|Jterwont. with a smile, rejectcx l^farnot usurp your throne, my hive. I had father stand and wait upon you?in all things, a willing slave, you sec."** Violet blushed, ajid wished lie would not adopt such a lover-likp^yle of-talking. Had she not positi vely" ^snred .him sheshould never marry ? and l?ld- He- not Appeared to acquiesce in lier rejection of his suit r ? She turned her attention to the note which he had laid on her lap. " It is from Sir John Lefroye," she said, as she opened it; in answer to my request to be permitted to remain here for another week or two." " And which he refuses/' Mr. D.2rwent immediately observed. "How can you know that, before I have read it ?" she demanded in some surprise. " Because, my love, I know the man. Sir John Lefroye exacts implicit obedience from every one about him, and he will not commence his term of guardianship by permitting you to set his authority at nought. " We shall see," Violet replied, asr she unfolded the Baronet's epistle. I can scarcely think that ho will be so disconrlAjous as to refuse the first request I have ever made of him." In another minute, she grew crimson with vexation and anger. " How rude?how tyrannical ?" she exclaimed, as she passed the note to Mr. Dorwent. " He says a blunt 'no* to my wish, without a word in palliation of his refusal. He has made arrangements, he says, for leaving town directly, and his carriage will be here the day after to-morrow for me and my luggage. But I will not go. If he IU1QKS u> exact cue same iuuuusoiuu uiuii me as from his servants, he is in error. I shall insist npon remaining here for tlie the terra I mentioned. Ho dare not use force for my removal." Mr. Derwent sighod. "My dearest Violet, were I in your place, I should act as independently as you are doing. Yet bethink you, love, jf it were not wiser to yield at once. If we are henceforth to be strangers, of wli.it avail is it to make a useless struggle, which does but protract the pain of parting ?" " Nothing Sir John Lefroye may say or do will teach me to forget the kindness I have received from you and Sybil, or cease to number you among my dearest friends.''1 Violet answered earnestly. Mr. Derwent raised her hand to his lips. "My sweet, affectionate ward, I shall never forget what you have just said. 1c shall be a com tort 10 me wiien nines 01 ?anu 1 and sea divide ua." i She looked at him inquiringly. " Yes, Violet," ho added in an impressive manner; "when you quit Derwent Lodge, I shall also bid it adieu forever. I cannot be content in England, knowing that neither Sybil nor I dare approach and try to console you. In a little while you will succumb to the wiles that will be practised to bring about the marriage on which Sir John Lefroye does not attempt to deny he has set his heart. You will become the wife of Vernon Aubrey, and, hxomng what you hnoio, you will be wretched." Violet sank back in her chair, and hid her troubled face. When she looked up again it was to say, "You must be deceiving yourself. If Sir Jolm is aware of the ter.--; rible suspicions that rest on Aubrey's fame, he can never seek to make me bis kinsman's bride," " lie is aware of them.'' Mr. Derwent answered. " It is tho knowledge of these that makes him impatient to win your consent. Vernon Aubrey, a poor man, with small prospect of enriching himself, is 1 * 1 ' ^ 1 '- J ??J -11 avoiaea ana uisu-uslcu uy uu nuv .. .,**? circumstancc8 of Walters' death; but Vernon Aubrey, the husband of a wealthy heiress, would be received with open arras by the ficklo world, and the pa3t buried in oblivion. Do you think Sir John, with his funnily pride, has not weighed all this ?" " HeaVen liclp me ? If the wealth with which ray too fond father endowed me ia to be my curse tI?rou?'h life," said Violet, "as soon as I am of age, I will spend it it building and endowing alms houses and schools; and if any one seeks cither ray love or ray friendship, it shall be for my own sake, and not to prey upon my good-nature and selfishly squander ray property." A little incredulous shake-of the head accompanied Mr. D*rwent's reply. " Love, you Hunk you could bo very stern and determined; but you will never b? different to what you are now?one of those good and gentle women whom none on help adoring, though all are ready to tfke advantage of the gentleness and generosity thoy cannot emulate. Ah, violet: aunougn you have disdained my suit, the time may come when you will long for the presence and support of one who would have sheltered you from every sorrow." | "Do not say that I disdained you," faltered Violet. He did not answer, hut with a profound sigh hent over her, touched her forehead with his lips, and left her. When Millieent, who had discreetly retreated to the other end of the room during this colloquy, came to know if her young la ly would dress for dinner, she was still sit1,Q InPf Ji.ir Violet flOllld rOUS6 herself for a few minutes into nearly a warm protest against anything that displeased her, bnt she had not the energy to act for herself that Sybil possessed. She was, as Mr. Dor-went had truly characterized her, a loving clinging woman, and when her faith in Vernon Aubrey was destroyed, she lost her interest in life. "Will von dress for dinner. Madam?" asked Miliicent. " The first bell rang ten minutes ac,'o.*' Her lady uttered a languid affirmative. What a farce it seemed to deck herself in bright colors, and flowers, and jewelry, while her heart throbbed so uneasily below! Yet it, must be done, for appearance sake; -ind she emerged from her chamber, looking r.no prottu'r iur li;u nusii cAcibciu^uv lent her clieek, just as Sybil, composed and 3elf-possessed, as if she, too, were not concealing a load of care, swept across the hall to welcome some guests who dined with th -in that day. Glad to escape from the wearisome routine of a stiff dinner party, Violet did not. when 1hey rose from the table, accomny the other ladies to the drawing-room, hut. wrapped a cloak around her and went 1 into the garden. The nun had ceased, a gentle breeze was Irving the paths, and the moon wax peeping over the tops of the trees, and lighting the scene with its soft radiance. Striking into a favorite walk, up and down which she had often paced in happjer hours, she bo> m to stroll slowly along it. She liad desp *> <vl a nastiiy-writcen note to Sir John Lefroye, l?ol<11y stating her determination to remain at Derwent Lodge for another fort-night, and she was specula* ting upon the way that this would be received. A rustle in the branches of some shrub9 startled her from her musings, and, with a little alarm she glanced towards the spot. The trees Mired again, and a man stepped from behind them towards her. Becoming seriously frightened, Violet would have fled back to. the house, but he grasped her dress, and prevented it. " Is it possible that you have learned to fear me ?" asked a well-known voice; and, looking round, ?he saw that he who detained her was Vernon Aubrey. At the same moment the rays of a lamp in one of the windows of the house streame3 full upon their faces. Tbatlight wm in th? ; Jp window of the unused chamber whenr , g?Robert Walters had died. Another mo- * JlB inent, and it had vanishedbnt Violet, im- ^ |j pressed hj the circumstance, wildly bade JjflH Aubrey leave her, and would hare continued .jgKM her flight, if he had not thrown his arm* around her shrinking form, and. compelled ' To be contmuedy^JgtfKj^KffflBM THE CONFEDERATE TBEASURC^Hffl|yfc A writer in the Atlanta Consti(idi<m tells a curious story concerning the fate of rthe money in the hands of Davis and $h? high officials of the Confederacy after they left Bichnond. The; fugitives halted Georgia, near the Savannah Biver, ajid it '.v was reeolVed to male.4in equal division of the amount in the treasury, something over $100,000 in gold and silver, which gave to each officer and man $28.25. . But thenp^ 1 - 1 ? 1 :,1 nit f*nm TRpTimond u&U muu uwa ciuncu VM. ?*VM? ? ?g $400,000 of funds belonging" to the' Vii> ginia Bank, and tliis was an immense temptation to the defeated and desperate soldiers. It was in charge of some bank ;-t officials, and was stored for a few dajd at Washington, Wilkes County," in Georgia..-' . " After the country had become somewhat quiet, the officials started to return'JSorlh -7* . with the money. Some of the er-Confed* erates who were idling around the neighborhood heard of the wealth and laid their,'. / plans to capture -it. About a dozen of. them, dressed in Federal uniforms, rode up to the .small . guard accompanying the " '- 'l' treasure, tod demanded its surrender in the name of the United States' Government, v- , claiming to be acting undetf'ordenf i?rom- , ' General Stoneinan. It was handed over to them and they made off with it. But one of the party was tempted to display soma of the money in a town near by, and as'thd ; fact of the robbery had bocome known, the. > possessor of such a rare thing as gold or silver at that time was immediately sua-' pectedof being in the transaction. When arrested, he confesssed and disclosed .the names of the whole party. - The greater part of the money -was recdvered, but two ot three of the men couid never be found, * and were supposed te have gotten off successfully with their share of the plunder. A CUKK FOR LOCK-JAW. ? In the course of the Cantor lectures, recently delivered before the British Society of Arts by Dr. Benjamin Eichardson, "the * following deeply important remarks were. made upon nitrite of Amyl: One of these ! / ; specimens, I mean the nitrite of Amyl, has within these last few years obtained a remarkable importance, owing to ita extra- ^ ordinary action upon the body. A' distinguished chemist, Professor GutJirieJ while ' distilling over nitrite of amyl from amylic ' $ alcohol, observed that the vapor, when 'j inhaled, quickened tua circuiauon, ana . made him feel as if he had been running. There was flushing of his face, rapid action of his heart, and breathlessness. In .1861- A62 I made a careful and prolonged study ofa the action of this singular body, and dis*. covered that it produced its effect by causing an extreme relaxation, first of the blood vessels, and afterward of the muscular fibres of the body. To such an extent did this agent thus relax,.! found it would even overcome the tetanic spasm produced by strychnia, and having thus discovered ' its action, I ventured to propose its tu&'for v ;X removing the spasm in some of the extremest spasmodic diseases. The results I have more than realized my expectations. Under the influence of this agent, one of the most agonizing of known human maladies, called angina pectoris, has been brought under such control that the paroxysms have been regularly prevented, and in one instance, at least, altogether removed. Even tetanus, or lock-jaw, has; been subdued by it, and in instances, of an extreme kind, so effectively as to warrant the credit of what may be-truly called a cure. W '"r; i ? witat n.T.iNors wives can do. The married women of Illinois acquired by the law of 1874 the right to do almost everything. They can sue and J^e. sued in > ' their own names. They can?blessed privilege?sue their own particular tyrants. When a husband deserts his wife, the latter has the custody of her children. If the . . * husband stays out of the State ayear.and does nothing to support the wife daring that time, or if he is imprisoned in the * penitentiary, the wife can, upon obtaining an order from a court of record, manage his property absolutely. The wife is not at all liable for the husband's debts incurred before marriage, and only in exceptional circumstances for those incurred : - ' afterward. She can manage any business independently, except in case of a partnership, which she cannot enter without her husband's consent. A wife's earnings cannot be touched by her husband or 2^ creditors. A married woman K can ac quire, possess, and sell real and personal property as freely as a married man can. This list of abilities ia expected to be large* ly increased the present year?so as to include suffrage and other incidentals. mmm * WEDDINGS IX BORNEO. * On the wedding day the bride and bndfe^ groom are brought from opposite., ends* of-, the village to the spot where the ceremony is to be performed. Thcy..aw> aiade to sit on two bars of iron, that' blessings as last* ing, and health as vigoroas, -may attend. the pair. A cigar. ?^nd a betul leaf, prepared with the areca nut, are next put in* to the hands of the bride and bridegroom. One of the priests then waves two fowls over the heads of the couple, and in a long ad. dresa to the Supreme Being calls down blessings upon the pair, and implores that peace and happiness may attend the union. After the heads of the affianced have been knocked against each other three or four times, the bridegroom puts the prepared leaf and cigar into the mouth of the bride, while she does the same to him, whom the + thus acknowledges as her husband. " J At a funeral at Madison, Me., lately, the man who was buried was placed beside two of his dead wives, while two living ones attended the funeral. ' "Washington," exclaimed a member of ft Nashville debating club, in stentorian tones, "Washington was. a great man; he was a good man; he w:is a noble man; hia mind bad a powerful grasp of the future;' if ever a man was turn compos mentis, Washington was that man,"' . t ~j iHi