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lliifll '> - ' 'v? v * .:?;-frrv_ , -WWi anzi^n::= , ?i^ir ? mr: .-rzii?-'?' ' , _r-j.ii: ?? , _ ?- ? ; ~ ~ M W A LEE AND HUGH WILSON. lir : ABBEVILLE, S. C.,WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1875. Y0LUMJMXIII---N0 I7;| -L' " V*' " iron miikiis Oolunibia, S. i " -y - Proprietor. ^ Manufacturer of Steam En-: gines and Boilers. Iron and Brass Castings of all Descriptions made to Order. I {was awarded the first premium j on castings at the State Agrioul-j tural and Mechanical Society Fairs,! held in Columbia, November, 1ST 1.1 72,73. j MANUFACTURE Cricular Saw Mills of all sizes. J ALSO Took the First Premium at State Fairs held November, 1ST 1, 72,7.5 . Manufacturer of Grist Mills Irons of all sizes. For Sale. Gin Gearing of the following sizes. 9 feet wheel and pinion $.">0 0011 \ 10 44 44 44 41 32 50 11 ? " " 14 3.3 00 12 44 44 u 44 4"? 00!( 14" 44 41 44 oO 00 i j With Bolts $6.50 Extra for each set. Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cot-' ton Press $10.00 an.d $12.00 per set. I-1 I>. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville 8. C. Dec. 10, IS 13 3o-tf ? : ' New Store! | NEW GOODS!! THE unacrsigneu nave jom upijc an entire new stock of GROCERIES, j( Provision and Liquors, j As well as Other Goods in their Line. U ! i At the Old Stand of A. M. HILL, re- | j cently TROWBRIDUE it CO., where , we will be pleased to serve the public' j | CHEAP FOJl CASH !. A. M. HILL. I! Jan. 29, 1873, 42-tt i C. WEST & SONS, |i f ALADDIN SEcS?STYi;' THE BEST OIL IX USE. I? XO\J HhUKi-av tiuii I Ml. ; "Water white in color. Fully deoderized. And it will not explode. It burns in nil Coal Oil and Kerosene Lamps. TRY TT A*k for "AladdinN Security," and take no other. i-l C. WEST & SONS, j 113 and 115 W. Lombard St., Bait. Md. I Nov. 7, 1874 gO-Gm l| STB. NORRELL j Harness and Saddle Maker, s A T his Old Stand over Parker & Per-!I - rin's Drug Store, has a supply of; [ Northern HARNESS LEATHER, , and other material for Making and Re- t pairing Saddles and Harness. Dec. 2, 1874, 34, tf r FRESH CUUMY MEAL, ' j At $1.40 per bushel, received every week, by ; , I Cunningham & TempletonJ. Nov. 11 31-tf j! ESTATE OF i< JAS. C. RAY, dec'd. J ALL persons indebted to James C. r Kay at the time of his death t are'requested to make payment to ns, i1 """ and those having demands against, him to render them in properly verified to us. WILLIAM ANDERSOX, QEX "ANDREW ANDERSON, H Abbeville, March 13,1875, 49-Cm I C. E. BRUCE, II Boot and Shoe Maker, 1 Over Parter & Perm's Store, j' ||j Abbeville, S. C. IT^ESIKES to say tliat Jie is fully pre-1 W pared to meet all demands the , public may make In his line. He keeps I constantly on hand a large lot of the i best material and employs only the finest! workmen. He keeps a full stock of!. custom-made Boots and Shoes, and ( guarantees the most entire satisfaction <. in every instance. f Sept. 1, 1874, 21-tf 1- l1 P A. ^1' XT Tk_ 01 iuur i/eccased Friends. Marble "WorksA FULL line of stock on hand and all work sold at ihe lowest price, jind work done in tliebest workman-like \ manner, Several hundred new and ? handsome designs on hand to make selections from. We will duplicate city price in all monumental work, by which you can save ir^i^lit. Very respectfully, . D. CHALMERS. STEAM Columbia, S. C. P. W. WING, | T> i-?rvTM "i ornT*_ MAX UFACTURER OF Sash, Blinds, Doors, j WINDOW i AXI) DOOR FRAMES, j mm M jjims ai sitters; COLUMNS, MANTEL PIECES, j Mouldings, Brackets, i Hand-Rails, NEWELS, BALUSTRESJ I I Scroll fori of all Description. A.11 Work Guaranteed A No. 1.1 May 28, 1874, 7-ly. JJDL CHALMERS & CO j t T l'T>C TNT XJ Ci^kJiUUO 1.1 Chairs, Parlor Ms, Claiife Suits,! j Walnut & Mahogany Bareaus, I Wash.stands. Tables, Bedsteads,; Window Shades, ite. Looking Glasses, Oil Chromos, &c. Abbeville, S. C. Also agents for the sale of the c-el-i ebrated Philadelphia Improved Pus-j Lie Window Shade, which for dura-) bility, cheapness, convenience and j beauty, cannot be surpassed. Each; shade is furnished with all the fixt-j lires complete, and only requires two J lath nails or small screws to fasten it, up with. Should they become soiled j by flies, the}' can be spread on a table, washed and made as bright as new, I ;vnd will last lot' years. This stj'le of j diade is much superior to cloth shades. In warm weather, when the window is raised, the shade admits :he air hut, prevents flies and mosquitoes entering the room. The simplicity of' their fixtures is much in their favor, as they require no rollers, each ihade being complete, at:d any one| jan drive two nails by which to hang I hem. They are low in price, dura)le, convenient. and never get out o$ >rder. Call at store and sec samples. Xov. 18, 1874 32-tf DENTISTRY! DENTISTRY!!! Dr. H. D. V/ILSON OFFERS his professional services to the people of Abbeville County mil of upper South Carolina. Having ust finished a course of study in the; 1 Pennsylvania College of Dental Sur-j ' ;ery, he feels fully competent to attend! o all eases requiring the exe.eise oj; killed Dental Surgery that may be! 1 nought to him. He asks the patronage >f the people, und guarantees full and: I complete satisfaction. He lias procured ! , ('till <*... nl i i mi net ?u niM-v;irt>? i'uuuii i iimi u- | nents, and is prepared to do first-class ' vork at most reasonable rates. OFFICE just over Post Office. r. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND, j Groldsmitli & "Kind, i FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, (FJKKXIX IKON WOHKS, COLUMBIA, S. C%IW ANUFACTURERS of Steam EnlT-B gines of all sizes; Horsepowers, Circular and Muley Saw Mills, (Jrist ,nd Sugar Cane Mills, Flour Mills, Orlamental, House aiu\ Store Fronts, Iron failings, Agricultural Implements, etc. irass and Iron Castings of nil kinds nade to order on short notice, and on lie most reasonable terms. Also, man-! ' itncturers'of Cotton Presses. j , Msiv 2S. 1878. 7-1Uin _ [HOMAS SAii iwLL is ! i Closed for Repairs. I I PARTIES who liavc contracted; ! for LUMBER will call on AL-j LEX McCANTV at Air. Edwards. I have some lumber on hand which' will be disposed of for the cash. J. W. THOMAS.; March L'4, 1873, 50-tf DR. JOHN S. THOMPSON,! U'YTIBT i JLJ MZd 1.1 *. M. n JL 9 OFFERS liis professional services to | the citizens of Abbeville, and the! surrounding country. Office over Citizens' Savings' Bank, Abbeville, S. C. (Jet. 2. 187o,2Stf I Thresher and Fan, AI.SO Bailway Horse Power,' 1 For sale by Barnwell & Co. April 19, 1875,6-tf [COPYRIGHT Sr.CT'ItED.]. ... .J T1 TT P11 MMf^ i meiieiroi ineivims i i OR , STftc stionicy's i i liY ALFflED 13. TOZETt, Jsfeev ] Acrn^R or "iJorxn Hank an'!> FOOT," "Who was to Hi.AML," Etc.. CltV ; I chapter ir. *T%.: TUB SKCItW DRAWBRr- '^V The crowd which filled AVi illingfrrd j house, the yard, the g;mlen. and the street beyond, on the occasion of ford's funeral, and whieh followed.all that was mortal of the mill-own&r wife last ' resting pl-uv in Iho prettocomo'tery on the | river bank. was the'largest that ever as- ' seuiblod in Fayettville. ! Mr. Gray, the attorney was prominent in attending to the details of the-funeral. and 1 rode, dressed in deep blaelc, by the housekeeper's side in the carriage provided for 1 the mourners. 1 Although hundreds sincerely re-/fitted the man's death. ?>Irs. Ames was pro!. tidy ' the only ival mourner ui :i 11 the long pro- ' cession. The ivst would miss him, un- I doubtedly. but this fiithful woman's <jrief ' was far doeper th in any one else's could 1 be. The others would ;ro from th?? irrave to ' their unJ.aa^-1 houses, and find every 1 familiar face (here. For !hem then: would 1 In- no sudden listening for a step that 1 would never come, nor for a voice that would never M-mul i'i ' heir ears attain ; no 1 nntr.iinr out of sur if of diwns of familiar 1 things, which lia<l Imtii sieroil t.? tile use of one ivli.i woulu never m od them ujrain, no terril?!e t'ee'.injy in the heart, that something lia-1 -Ironped out of their homos an-1 lives, whi^h noivr eo:iM he r jdaecl. The old l:i'!y iuul trrown ?frav in MY. Wallin^fonl's Fh>uj-v, an 1 f?>r more than thirty 1 years she had fcn?>wii no otln*r heme. The place, how.'v r. rji 1 u?'t sec 11 lik" home to her now. Sin* ?1 i<l not in fact, knmv J liow lorn; it would be even her < I welling j place. When, aft-r the return from the j grave, Mr. <?r.iy had said. "of course ,vou ' will continue for th i>i-> ;? -ct to act. here as before; Mrs. Ames," she had assented, and that wa-; the extent of her knowledge j regarding 11, r future. The ntturiifv se uni-d nnxrous ind utvipv until tin: t Swung <>f .<y!?) :<t >id'ig visit,>ri had gone. and then, appivac'iing Mrs. A in* he said: Voii will parlon my ?>v,ning Imste, Madam,*, but there ;.s a. largo ??st.-'t-? to settle her-, and as v't tbore lus b?vn no i reforen-T to a will IViund am-ng his p i;>?rs j Tin! deeeis.d f|.-n ?xjo-, <:;> ! t!r? wish that I should t fii'jx'i'aj-ily t,dc<? chargo of ; his aifa'r-: if he should die -irst? th- re was .1 , i i ! ill n.: .. . | may wi>r?. Y<> i tn >:i' t?. !!v know luor.-jih ?! theavrnng me it of bis ; ri- J vate papers thai any ? ?ds?. tm I I would like to have v<iii tcj.slsl hi > to .! :y." The housekeeper ays-nt. d. .n l the two j proceede 1 to the former ro.?m i f t' e l in the sec*-'id story of 1! c hail lii:g. The apartment was a large < n *, with windows on two si>les?one row luokiiiir out. upon tlio village street?it was almost, a country road here?in front, and the other comju:in !iu?r a line view of the .'dSage and tlie mills lying in the valley below. As future portions of the story will render a knowledge of the houso itwclf ne- ] cessary, we give a l?ri?*f description. It ! was of st<.n<\ and had been built by an English oflieer, shortly after the close of tiie KjvoI nt ion .when all the country around it was little better than a tangled Wildevn. s-. The Eng'ish t istes v,r the builder 1 were to he seen in almost every feature. J It's plan had been so extensive, that, save for the first few years, only a portion of the rooms had been used, although all were open now and in fair repair. 1 It was two stories in height, with a square turret running one story higher over tlie entrance to the Urge hall. ' A wing of only one story projected ! irom the smiciurc on tne village siue. The foundation walls of this portion j ' ot' the house, cut aei'oss the b<*l of what | : Ii:iti once heen a small creek, which ran down from the higher land above. and joined the river in the rear. The stream had undoubtedly run dry long before the f erection of the house, and in front, the f gully hail been tilled up to make a smooth 1 lawn, while behind it still remained open, c and was lined and almost overgrown with 1 running vines and sfiruKhery. Very thick | < walis separated tnis wing from the main f building. < There was a tradition among the villagers, that a former owner had caused 1 secret pa3s:'geg to be cut through this t clumsy wall, and that there were ways i ('r<-in the hou-e t>> 11 iriver and the village, f whieh no knew. It was to this tra- t rlition that the man whose conversation * Mr. Gray h id overheard in the restaurant. t referred to. Mr. Wallingford had always laughed iit the i lea of t.h< re being secret t |>i:-siges in his house: ! u" many old resiiieu ot the place believed in them, never- ' ^ I, el-.ss. . c Enuring the room, the attorney pro- j 1 seeded at ones to unlock a lanrc. old- j 'tshionol somtary winch stood in the i f 'rout end, an 1 !>cgan an inspection of the c tapers its various . omp:irt ments contained. 1'he housekeeper stood hy, at times assist- \ ng in unlocking the drawers, but leaving r lie handling ?>f the papers entirely to lier ] iompanion. "Do you know of any secret compart- j nents ?" a?ked the attorney after the sec- t etaryliad been nearly cleared of papers f is he spoke, lie looked sharply into the \ onian's faco. 1 "There were pome," bTio said, trying t /prions portions of the interior of tlie secret:; ry with In r f ngers, " hut I have almost r forgotten how thev are opened." p 'I h.- look of v.atehfubi'jss on the lawyer's 1 "-tee deepened to one r anxiety, sis the wo- p inn's h ind prfswd -piing after spring, | i ivil'iontaccomplishing the object sought. 1 i Once wlicn her ham! rested for a second j ^ n a paneled leaf, which dropped down , i From before a row of s.-iall pigeon-holes, lie gave a sudden start and made a mo\e is though he would force her away from ilic place, but he recovered himself and the [land was at once withdrawn. P7V1-) V r?f mov nr?nn I liuui-;t?i-i j.... j "I-?- "j combinations," he said," Show me where ( ! he springs are located and let me try; I i (in vh had s:iti)c experience in such matters." ( The woman did as requested, and three c * 11:111 drawers wore rooii exposed to view, j I l'hey contained nothing important, how- j 1,'v. r. and were soon returned to their places. ] A I keness of a middle-agod man drop- J I IiVi'iu one of the drawers, and the | f ln?ine!:?;?'per clutched it eagerly. Gray | I ix^'iided his liund for the picture, and she I 1 reltictaiitly Jtandod it to him. ! 1 It whs t he portrait of a strikingly hand- ! s .me num. rirlilv dressed, and bearing up- 1 t rm his beardless face, unmistakable evi- j ( ilon cos of an aristocratic and haughty dis- j position. The attorney held the picture in j his hand a Ion;; time, and studied every i feature with great care. "Where have 1 soon a fnoo like that ?" j he asked himself, ;i3 the familiarity of some ; r>f the.characteristics of the face grew upon him. ' "Do you know who tin's man is ?" ho islccd of the honselc< . ;>cr. The woman liesitat?d and said she suppoped it to Vie George Wulliugford, tho brother of the mill-owner. " lie is dead now, 1 believe ?" queried the attorney. * Yes." "Died aliout the tiii;o this was taken, did he not V' ?Yes," 1 " Was he married ?" : " I don't ku< r " i Mr. Gray saw by the woman's brief re- I plies that there was something connected < with tho man, which siie was concealing From him, ruul pressed her long and closely in tho hope of getting- more information, but without avail. "Every compartment has hecn opencl, [ think," he sai<l, after an hour's steady xp plication, "and al: that remains to he ;lone is to assort an*' replant; the papers. It is strange that n^t a vor l is said in any jf them about tlio disposition of tho property." " T am certain that Mr. Walling ford inade a will," said the housekeeper, "for I signed it aa a witness?, id this very room. The attorney gave a start of surprise. ' Do you know any of the provisions of that will?" he asked. The woman hesitated again. " I did not read the will nor hear it read," she finally anr.wci-od, evasively. " Did Mr. Wallingford never tell you what it containcl ?" The woman colored strangely and said that he never did. "More mystery," muttered the attorney, tt seems to be in the very air! I can't jven talk to this ol>l wonmn, wi'.hout having it thrust in my face. But now for the Treat question." He gathered the documents hastily up md replaced them. " Mrs. Ames." he sai>l, " you look worn jut. A glass of wine would do you good, ind I wouldn't mind having one myself." He stepped to the hell pull an<l ordered two glasses of claret when, the call was answered. In ] tasking the wine to the housekeeper, the attorney adroitly dropped a grain of a colorless powder in her glass. It dissolved ijuickly, leaving the n ine as clear as before, tnd the woman drm k it without noticing ?ither the movement or detecting anything strange in the taste of the stimulant. " The wine has refreshed mo, although I still feci strangely inclined to drowsiness," said the attorney. "I think I will rest a few moments." Saying this, he leaned comfortably back in his arm cha'r and awaited patiently for the drug he had administered to have its effect on the hons-ektcper. With a great deal of satisfaction, he soon saw her eyelMs <Iroop heavily, and h>nhead fall hack upon her chair. Almost immediately sho was sound asleep, and the attorney began his work. Lowering the panneled leaf which ron cealeu tne smau compartments mentioned above, lie pressed a certain portion of its edge, and, ns he had expected, the stile sprang back, revealing a narrow aperture in the centre, of the panel. It was ilist wide enough to contain a thin paper, very closely folded, and this the attorney was about to draw forth, when a voice, seemingly in the very room whore he was. si oke a word tint, rang like a thunder peal in his startled ears. That one word was? ' Traitor!" Before the echo of the voi^o had died out of the ro.-?m. the attorney elosed the panel, and stood, white audi trembling, gazing around the room. Save the old houself.wfvr, still asleep in her chair, no one was t.. I.e seen. Weak and faint with terror, Mr. Gray sank into a chair. " Haunted!'' The word escaped his lips with a groan. A little thought gave him new courage, however, and enraged at his own want of nerve,be spring to his feet again. "It wits but the wind," he thought, walking to the window, and gazing out upon the bright October sunlight, which lay over hill ami valley and foaming river, like a web of finespun gold. " \\ iiavu i iu wirii supersuLion r. lie aided. " L am too old to run from a st range sound in broad daylight. I will have thai document. though all the fiends in Hell cry ont against ni?." Again he lowered the leaf, sprung1 hack tlie stile and seized hold of the pjiper. Half expecting and dreading to hear the waruing voice again. he paused with his hand on the document and looked about him. For a moment his attention was attracted from the mysterious voice, by signs of iwakening in the housekeeper.' Nerved 1 ?y the thought 'hut whatever he did must l>e done at once, he hastily snatched th pa-ier from its r,-sting place and dosed ind replaced the lo:?f. It '.vms all the vroilr of a second, but in that second, sivb a terrible wail of i vny as had never sainted his ears before, rang through the room. When the hous'-kt?ep"r awoke a short L.'mo afterwarl, she fojiid the attorney sit ting almost insT-u'de in his e^ir, with jroat drops of -<weit -oziegfr'a lis ' re* lead, and his ey<.s, vrild with terror, lixed n space. " Mr. Gray ! wl.nt h-iee yen found ?" she lemande l, in frightened tones. " Has mythinghappened, while 1. like the foolish )M woman that I am, slept at my po.-t r" "Nothing?nothing, Mrs. Ames; I think [ must have slept, too, and had a horrible lream. 1 dreamed," he continued, " fixng his eves keenly on the old woman's 'aeo,'* that there won' stv-rt'i pussiges in ho walls of this house, and that people vho are never seen in the village, meet in his room," Mrs. Amos start"d an>l turned n? pole as lie attorney had been a m?w>i>t In-fore. "But of eour.-e this id foolish." Gray vont on, lau^hinirly* " Sueh legends night to have 1-een Turned with the sixcenth century." " Did yon find any additional papers?" iskod thi- woman, jrTad of any pretext to ihanifi* the sill-feet of con vers: it ion. " I have one that may prove import int." vas the reply, " I can't tell until T h ive oad it thoroughly. You shall know when [ call a^.vin." On his way to his office. the attorney rendered deeply over the ocenrrenees of Virt .la?r Tint f.iv t.l?e nHiior lvinc so !nu<rly in an inner pocket-of hia cn.it., he vould have l>cen inclined to re<*nrd the lappeninafs of the lust few hours as a ronbted dream. But it was Kafc.lv thevo, find wh?n in his >wn ollicc, with (he securely locked md hoi ted, he road it, his joy knew no ounds. Ho pi ice 1 the document iti lii.-t f<>; examined the dead mill owner's pay "'1 for a name lie ivar.'e i. and ? rn(" . '.) ! " ti'il : l'Jjer - t si;t i ii . ? ' )) K . ee .V 'Hiti-.r.'.ird received on the fulloui!ic' IJOJUillj*. OTIAl'I'Ku V. Tnr. PKCOND M'TTHTl. At rovoti o'clock on th<? evening of the lay snccedin;.' the f> ral, Eugene Wallnfjford knocked softly at the door of Mr. j ray's private room, in the second story of me of the few hrick Mocks the yilla^o joastod. lie had not. returned homo after leaving Bertha al>ont n?x.n. fur tie was in dr<*ad of " 'n;' f|ti.'-;ti?iTH'd re??avdinjr his, to her, I im/,11 Aflnv I'ttffi vn rr fivmi _ ;he cemetery, he lounged al?out the village mtil it waB time to keep his appointment, m?l then went to the attorney's office. He was admitted at onee, and. closing he door, seated himself just within the iirele of Mr. Gray's shaded lamp. lie might have been three or four and twenty, certainly not older, although the arlv maturity of manhood marked upon lis face, iniyht have caused a stranger to dace his birth farther away by half a dojade. One sifting there and watching the linn, .vith his slender, sinewy figure, enthusiastic blue eyes and almost <rirlish features, hat wero not as free from lines of caro as they might liave been in another man of lis age, would have realized fully that he. )f all men, should have been the list to leal and plan with a. man lilce G-ilen Gray. The attorney continued his writing ifter the young man was seated. lie was i grey.hnired, thread bare old man, eminently in keeping with the dingy office where le worked and planned every day in the j-ear. Outside of his room, Ik# always rcfnied out of plnce, no mattm* in wlint position, hut there, with the things that corned a part of himself about him, and Ills" Iteoti c3'e looking over a client. he I looked every inclf a man whom it would ho I profitable to interest for you, when any I cunning work was to be <lone: For some time, the scratching of the | attorney'8 pen alone broke the stillness of | tho room. Then he put asi<le the paper on which he had been engaged, and leaned ! back in his easy chair, so that lie rfonTd I watch every expression of his visitor's ; face, while his own *vns in the sh ule. It scem'ed to be a characteristic of i Wo man, that he endeavoured to have everyone at a disadvantage, even in so trivial a matter as this, " You have thought the matter over. 'Mr. "Wallingford/' he said, after a short survey of the face before him. " I have thought of nothing else sinoe the hour I received vour note," was the reply. Ami you arc. ready for the details?nnxions, I should have said, for plnn? fo put money into young men's, pockets, never want hearers." ' " Allow mo to say before yon begin. Mr. Gray,"said Eugene,"that I want only the facta of the case, nn?l the trnfh. Tintend to have my own of course, if 1 can get. it, but I believe that every brick and stone of that properly would pivss with twice its weight upon my heart, if F held it wben it was not rightfully mine." "Youmust,remember.Mr. W.illingfor<V Raid Ihe attorney. " that I ooul.i have 110 object in putting this property into any man's hands, unless he was the right man." Without noticing how cleverly the attorney had taken his cue from his own talk, Eugene laid: " But the details; yon promised to put them in my possession to-night."" "True," said the attorney, "but there is not much to say- J nave miiiiea tiiu case carefully to-day, nirl there ran lie no doubt that T was right at first. There can he no mistake in tiie name, for it is written in a hold hand and underscored. I have searched among the papers, in vain, for new facts regarding George "Wullingford, the mill-owner's brother, who died veai's ago, but can find nothing. There e.m hut one conclusion be reached. Yon arc heir to the. Walling ford Mills, to the- immense hanl: account in New Yuri:, and to onc-h.nl/ oj the properly yon sec around you in this village. Eueenegave a lit He start. The attorney's note had not lie-on very explicit, and he was unprepared fur >;<> swooping an assertion. His surprise at tlio strange manner in which Mr. Wallingford had dispose*! of his property, however, was still stronger thin any exultation he might have felt over hii> ov:n good fortune. *' Can you "ive -any reason why Mr. Wallingford -diould have favored me in this matter ?" he asked. " Are you certain alter all, that lam iho person naiued ill j thai will ?" "My dead client probably had a reason for what lie did,'* replied the attorney It is prohahle that lie desired the property should he kept together here, and he didn't care to have the mills change their name. He was greatly attached to your father, and you were as good as another, when there were no relatives to 1 c provided for. As to your last questions, I haw only this to say: You are Roland E. Wallingford, are you not ? and the sun of <>eorge and Margaret Wallingford, and you was horn in this place, tvvclity-four years ago, come December. Do you think there is another man with that name ill this State, or on this continent ?" " It is very improbable." 'It. is more than iuipir.hahle?it is i:n; possible." * . v i f 1^ 1.113 * i>v?; i.nis sinin^e wotjijiti ,mu ner cuim* I with whom runu'iir i.-> busy just now ? The attorney frowned. "JJe reasonable," ho said, " and look at i that mutter in a practical way. Do you | think a man lilce .Mr Wallingford would have deserted a wife na that woman w.is deserted, and. having fuiin 1 l.cr again, and j a young child with her, would have spiritI til both away, as they were spirited away?" " What do you make of it then ?" "Why, Mr. Wallingford mfghl have been rat h and .*ild in his younger d.iys, before he came here?and lie probably w;is. That accounts for it all." | " But about tliis property?what must I j do?what steps must I take to obtain posI Gitiuirin r?f it. ? " You have only to sign tliis paper and j the one lying on the table. Tlie hut given I me one hundred thousand dollars, ih.- moj incut you take possession." Eugene looked u;i in astonishment. He was thinking Jast. Here was indeed, a motive for the attorney. " Unr, after all," he thought. "Mr. Ofay is right, and I am misjudging him. Ho simply seen a chance for a large fee, and I don't blame him for taking advantage of it. iJesides, J will have euough without it.'' " If you think that a large fee," said the attorney, blan 1/, "You have only to remember that but for 1110, you would never have possessed a single dollar of this property. Will you si^jn now ?" Eugene took the proffered pen in his ' hand and drew nearer to the papers on the table, As he did so, a door leading to the main oliice iu trout, opened, and tlui ofhee boy entered, bearing a printed card in his hand. The attorney grew white as. death, as he read the name on the card. He turned to Eugene, almost liercely and caught hold of lus arm. " Never mind that now," he aaid speaking very rapidly, "You can sign those papers to-morrow; or stay, X will call at your house to-night. I want the office cleared uow. Don't come here again, and don't ray a word in relation to thi:j matter until 1 see you at your own house. Go now I" In his excitement, the attorney had dropped the ca.nl 011 the table, and Eugene carelessly put his hand out to take it. Cray snatched it rudely away, uud put j it into hi:: pocket. I " Never loach a thing you see on that I !:t 1?1 m or in this roo.u !" I10 said, angrily, j nd then, sc. ing 1l1.it tin: young man was I .!( ude-J, lie put out his hand to him, still tii .t terrible haste, and made a smiling 1 1 ?i... 1 I uiu^y, as lie opcuuu u:u U'XJI AUJ mm ] ||> ?0 U;lt. At- ho stopped on the landing, and be!"n: t!i(i do?,r closed behind hiui, he saw a itiuu of his own aye, walk through tho middle door and se:it himself in the very jluiir iie had lately occupied. " i wonder who that man is, and why Gray kept hiui there ho secretly until L was out r1 Eugene thought, as lie stood in tho hallway below, and why should iie turn me out so suddenly, when he woiil-i havegaiued a fortune by a stroke of my yen '< fjuivly, no business he could get in this village culd bo important snoiigh to delay tlie will case for a single | uour. It was ftftei1 ten o'clock by his watch, I ivlicu Eugene left the lawyer's oilico, and, , Knowing tliat U rtiia Would be anxious i. cut Ii.h aiirii-nco, lii.* hurried in the direcUi-i? > ! home. Ao. ivitKs unding1 Gray's assertion regarding Jils right to tho Wallingford blotaio, ho was far from happy. He disliked the haste with which ho had been itemized, und he was tar from pleased at Ui? injunction of secrecy regarding tho matter which had again been urged upon mm. *1 lie attorney's motives in l?oth casoa tvili suou appear. CHAPTER VI. a steogdl.e and a blow. When the attorney turned from the door, rifter seeing Eugene safely in the hall, he was confronted by a man who had been in Lis thoughts at times, all day. It was the new mill hand, who had made bo many inquiries regarding tho supposed wife of Air. Wallingford. His first business after recognising the man, was to hasten to his ta^e and secure - - - .. _ ^ the papers lying S'tero. Ho saw "witn satisiaetion that they had not been moleste?I. Tnc time, in fact, liad been too short for any sr.oh interference on tho young man's part, but the attorney was doubly cautious, on account of tho great importance oi thedocuments, The mill hand was of medium height. His fa Co was at once handsome and attractive, and an ease and refinement was in:irk-< il mirm it. u-iiit'h told of far better associations than those o? hid present life. Ho was attired in a neat < tress suit, which set bis muscular figure oti to good advantage, and looked every iuwi a gentleman, as he sat coolly in his chair, and waited for the attorney to commence business. " You have chosen a strange hour and a strange place for an interview, young man," said the attorney, noting tcte'hour^ by his watch, and glancij^ntfound lilaprivate room. too important to be delayed,"" replied -the young man, " and I followed the boy'here, not knowing that it was your living room." " Indeed," said Gray, retaining his composure with a great effort, " What may that business be ?" " Ycu rece" ved my card, I presume." " 1 received a card, yet?; but I presumed V?ntr h.'ul ttijiiIm n. n?iat.nlvP.M " There was no mistake about it. If you have lost the card, I will give you another," and lie placed a second one before the attorney. Gray looked at it scornfully without touching it. " And you come here, with your mill manners and your holiday clothes, expecting to jiOekut this fortune, through tho agency of a dirty bit of cardboard like that i" As he spoke, the attorney brushed tho car l contemptuously to the floor. if, however, he iuid exported to overawo and brow-beat his visitor by such conduct, he was mistaken. lie sat, as calm as before, in his chair, and looked the excit.d man square in the laee" Of course, I have proofs to back my claim," he said. "Then take thorn to another market. I refuse to examine them." " Don't Hatter yourself, sir," said tho the niili hand," I never intended to submit tliern to you. A court of Irf.w must decide what fclioy are worth. " Then why do you come to me with this story and that name ?" demanded the attorney, growing uneasy under his visitor's steady look. ' i simply desire to see the will, which should have been read in tho houae tolay." T!s6 attorney sprang excitedly to kil feeh " Tho will!" he ejaculated, " no will has been t'..iin i." "Mr. '.buy," said the other coolly," we may at well understand each other now. Yon tcok Mr. Walliugford's wilL from thd secret aperture m the paneled leaf of his seciYt.uy.yestvt'l ;y, and you have it hidden in this r<>om. I demand to see it or at least t"> know its provisions." " You lie !" almost shouted the attorney, the mysterious so i mis lie had heard in the room roeurrb g tohis mind. "I did take some papers from that pLice, hut there was no will. You probably saw me take them, sir, which you niig' t have done from a more honorable place than a secret passage, had you carei to enter tho room in the ordinary way." " Von had no secret work to do in that room, then ?" ' None, whatever." " And still, you drugged tho housekeeper, your only companion 1" " That is false ! I gave her a soothing powder." " Knowing tint it would put her into a deep sleep," said the young man. This is foolish talk," said the attorney, struggling with his passion. " If you have ouly to remind me of my goings out and comings in for the last day or two, we may as well bring this interview to a close,'' "I am willing'" said the other. "I simply came here to put you right regarding the question of succession, and to tell you that hereafter, I, Roland E. Wallinoford, will take charge of the Wallingford estate, through my attorney, whom I shall telegraph for in the morning. If, as you say, there is no will, my course is even plainer than before. As his nephew, and only living relative, the property naturally falls to me," "His nephew !" gasped Gray. " His nephew," repeated the young mm, " the son of George and Margaret Wallingford, born in tins village twenty-four years ago, come December." "More mystery !" thought the attorney, Then he unguardedly added aloud? " If you are Roland E. Wallingfbrd, pnn of George and Margarot Wal lingford, born here twenty-four years ago, couie December, who is?" He cheeked himself suddenly, but too late, for his visitor saw at once what he would have said, had he completed tho sentence. " Ah !" he said, evincing more oxcitement than ho had befoue exhibited, " there is another claimant, then, and you havo seen fit to interest yourself in his behalf. Pray who may he be ?" "I have nothing further to communicate to yon, sir," said Gray, " and I expect that you will retire at once." " Which I decline to do," replied the young man. "'Another man is claiming this uronertv under nivname," he added, fiercely, "and I won't leave this room until I know who ho is, and what grounds he bases his claim upon. You are helning hint in his attempt to rob me, and I hold you responsible for his acts." " I insist that you leave my apartment." " And I refuse." " Then I will call an officer and have you dragged out. Don't think that you can force yourself upon me without my consent. and the att->rn<*y moved toward the door loading into the main office, tho window of which overlooked the street. A>: h.-did so the young man's eyo caught slrriit of a folded paper lying on the table 1.1'foro him nud he stepped forward to j tike it. A second later, the two men were strug' g'ing for the possession of the document. Gray would have c lied for help hut liis opponent's hand grasped him tightly by the throat. He seized a paper weight lying on the table, anil aimed a blow at the young man's head. Tho hand fell heavily, but the weapon did not reach its mark, fur the young m m had sprung nimbly aside. The lawyer raised ins liniul again, for he knew that with that terrible grip <>n | his throat, he could not held out much I loilSJCT. Then tho struggle began in earnest. It I was parried on silently but desperately. J It seemed merely an effort on the part of tlie attomoy to free his throat from the j young man's grasp, and on tho part of his opponent to get possession of the weapon. Although tho attorney was the larger of tho two men, tho man lie was fighting ha>l the advantage of youth, endurance and strength, and, despite the desperate efforts he put forth, he found himself steadily giving way before his adversary. Finally, ho reeled baek against the wall and gasped, " You are murdering me ! In God's name release my throat!" The young man complied, and as he did so, he received a terrible blow on the headfrom the paper weight, which the treacher ii. mi ?t.,.:,,.,.i i,;0 OUS attorney ?HJi reumroi >u mo ii.vu.vc Ho dropped to the floor like one dead, and the attorney stood panting over him. lie waited some time for hhntorise, but, as he exhibited no signs of life, ho knelt by his side and felt of his pulse. It beat hat faintly, and, oven as ho hold the wrist in his hand, it stopped entirely The attorney trembled like one with the ague, as the terrible position his vindictive rage had placed him in flashed across his mind. " My God!" he groaned. " am I a murderer?a murderer?" Ho (Jwished a glass Jof water over.#ie man 8 Faco, and tried "with his tr< mbling hands, to staunch the blood, which was oozing from the cut in his head, and forming a red pool on the carpet, But all hia efforts were unavailing. "What was to he done ? It would not do to lot the body lie there. That would make his arrest for murder certain, unless he could make a strong* showing in his own favor. After studying over the case for a moment, the attorney decided that the boldest course would be the best, and proceed j ed to act at once. -Vfa- . First, he dragged the prostrate body to the door. Then ho turned his Lamp .down __ as low as it would burn, in order that, xySH"' gleam of light should betray $6 opening* of the (foo^andJmtried the pro-51 ' o^c^and turned^t^Sp^V* ! [ Then he crept' halHjpe^* more, and,, when hejsJx^^BtffeiSng with fear, in his room * '^ill flg&vy sound as of somethingirirtOitf on the Btairc and striking with %$BWkoning thud at the bot'om, revealed what the desperate man nau aone. ' Are you hurt P" Ho had opened the door, and his voice rang out high enough in the still night air, to be heard by. any chance passer in the street. Leaving the door open, he hastened to the foot of the 3tail's. Two or three lata ramblers had already gathered about the place. " Is he hurt ?" demanded the attorney, with seeming anxiety. " Can't he get up ? He left my office w.:ll enough but a moment ago. Did anyone see him fall?" Asking th^HO (pmstioas in a breath, he knelt, for th? second time, by the side of the still form, and placed his hand on its breast. "His heart Vats but vny faintly," ho said arising to his feet. "carry him into my office, and some one go for a doctor." " Perhaps a drug store, would be a better place," suggested one of the men. " No, no," said Gray, hastily. " that would not be a comfortable place, and he must not be moved again to-night." So, he was carried tenderly up stairs. In the hallway the men paused, and would nave entered, tne ir?mt oince, where the light was burning, but the attorney sprang ahead and opened the other door. "It will be quieter in here.''he said. " Lay him here, where the carpet is clean," be continued, pointing out the very spot where the body h,i4 lain but a moment before. "Now, some one jr 1 the lamp," he said, after the body had b en placed to his satisfaction. " Or stay." he added, conceiving of a plan to gain time, and thus better account for the quantity of blood on the carpet. " Stay, I will bring it myself." Ho hastened into the room and seized the lamp, but in doing 30, extinguished it. It was sometime before it was relighted, and when he entered the rear room with it in his hand, he saw that the fresh blood from the still bleeding wound, had mingled with the old. and that there was no longer any possibility of his guilt being discovered. " It is Hugh Uoruon ! ' exclaimed ono or the men in evident surprise. " What | could he have been doing here ?" I "He happened intj my office an hour i ?go," Gray explained, "and feeling lone| so in o, I invited him to sit and chat with j me." j " IIow did it happen ?" queried another j of the crowd. j The attorney mado no reply, for he saw ! that it would be best not to seem too ready | with explanations. " The hallway was dark, and the poor fellow must have made a misstep at the very top," suggested one. " I wonder if he is badly hurt ?'' He bent over the body, but quickly arose t\ ith a shudder. " Jle is dead," he said, looking into tho scared faces of his companions. "The fall must have broken his neck." " Not so," said the first speaker, " see! there isa terrible cut on his head." " It can't be that bo is dead," said Gray, " He was so Ml of life and strength a moment ago. It don't seem possible.,A *' What shall we do with toe body ?" was the noxt inquiry. " We may as well leave it here for tonight," said the attorney. "I can't sleep m this room now, and I will go to the hotel for lodgings." "With the facts so plainly shown," said one of the men, addressing the attorney, " will it l>e necessary to order a p03l morton examination?" "That is only necessary in cases where there exists a doubt as to the manner of death," was the reply, " and I am of the opinion that no such doubt can exist in the present case." So it was arranged that a formal inquest should be held in the morning, and the body be made ready for bum*. The crowd soon dispersed, and the attorney, who, in the meantime, had taken possession of the young man's papers, locked the door on his victim, and turned toward tho village hotel. Aa he walked along the deserted street, leading thitherward, he was conscious of being followed. When he stopped to listen, the heavy footsteps in the distance stopped also, and when he continued hi3 way, he heard them again. All at once, his pursuer, whoever he was, seemed to change liis tactics, for his pacc increased almost to a run, and the attorney turned and wn.itprl. with Viia hanrl rvn It in rflvnlvpr. for liim to come up. TO BE CONTINUED*, AN'ENT THE POPE. Anno Brewster writes from Rome to the Philadelphia Bulletin :?His Holiness never has any fire. The vast halls of the Vatican are bitter col J. Even in the Papal bedroom there is no fire. In the great ante-rooms there are thoHC huge copper braziers, detestable things, filled with charcoal and asphyxia The health of the j Holy Father h ftu-hg some uneasiness 1 | among his medical mi;:i. He is not posi- | ; j tively ill. and ev- ly one who sees him at j | an audience ivports him as remarkably t 1 rosy, active and cheerful. There is no I ? pain in his ?xtivmitu-s, no indication of ' disease, but th-jiv arc ! .nguid symptoms in the adipose matter tiiat give rise to fear that a slow p:u\ihvL< is approaching. Ilia .... t j attendants notice t: :srrengtu is less; he talks very little; has not much appe- * tite; hut, lu-kily, anxious to move ( about. Last Sunday, a>> tiie ilay was fine, 1 he wished to walk in the garden; hut when he reached the library his breath be- 1 came asthmatic, and ho had to ho held up 1 by Monsignor Kirn and a Spanish bishop, 11 who were present: after he rallied he return- ' edtohis apartment, but the usual audience 1 ' of the day took place. The audiences c cheer him. The people who crowd in to 1 see the Holy Father are always agreeable. ' No matter what may be the religious faith 1 or political views, cach visitor approaches r that venerable old man with respect and * afTectionato reverence. The physicians counsel him to use as much physical mo- ^ tion as possible, as well as agreeable and e varied occupation. | Love reposes in the bosom of a pure soul t as a drop of dew in the ':up of a flower. 1 ? a c The Civil Damages law of Illinois q makes liquor soiling a perilous business. At Amboy, in that State, a seller has been compelled to pay 52,000 to the a widow of a drunkard killed in his sa- i, looitf SONG OP THE MILL CHILDREN. ' ..k i Will the fairy-folk comeback, * v 3 Such-$8 haunt old stories, Sliding down the moonbeam's tmcki Hid in morning-glories? ^ ) Air is warp and sun weft; * Is a rain-bow spinner left? * Jfe*.-,, No, 1$ot one. They never will I Streams they love are * Turning spindles in the mill-Jr*^ li"y ''%*$ ^Turning milk^olktiizzy. * Toil.is'1|tWS!5),?Snd money is weft. feipy-loom is left^ ;&pise>iave frightened them'away ;- From their green-wood places ; . Never would they spend a day -'jaBrAmong caYe^woru faces. Gather'up the warjp and weft^^W| Mergy.(feys go (fencing by; Hard work coines j and tarri?s. OP ' Why, for what, wind* sigh tbtougft ,' v Children , we'll be faries ! Life is .warp, and love is wcft^wjfig Chtldren'sj hearts and hands arG^fcffc. A UA.\Bl'UY S1MCI.UNG S.CHOOt, An impromptu spelling school waa in- angurated in Merrill's grocery Sttturdty ; evening. A young man who. last winter .j. aided Mr. Church in the management^ oft- . % the North Centre School conducted the* rS pin QQ Tli a ra+ rrn rra oma Tn_ dian. The first mail said, "I-n, in, d-i-n, din? Indian." The teacher shook his- head "Well, "X '' declare, I thot I had it," said the speller,. with keen disappointment; but he picked up when the second man started, and eyed* " . '' him with considerable anxiety. ~ The next man with ^desperate earnest- . ness, [said, "I-n, in, d-e, de^inde> u-n, ua? ; Indeun." Then he sighed, and gazed anxiously at the teacher, while an old party at the end . . ' 3 nt flin 1, /,!, iV VI uuc UCUI.U, nu\j wno bWO VUUi WJ with derisive amusement, turned the quid - - in his mouth and said:? "* j*_ "You ain't in arodon'fc; but go onj let- * -4 sum moro try." The teacher told the second speller that he also had failed, whereupon he sighed again. Then the third man took hold. He iJr*i squared himself on his seat, and, holding up one finger, he ticked oil the letters, with becoming solemnity, as follows* "I-n, in, d-d-d-a, da, inda?in, in?ladam." The old party on the end of the bench, who had been teetering on the preoipice ot * a laugh while this effort was being put forth, snickered right out into a loud guffaw at its conclusion * J t "Well, that's a spell for you, I mas' say." And ho laughed again. The speller said nothing; but he grew very red * *. in the face when his failure was tifinounced ' *. and cast a baleful glance at the old par-, ty, whose turn had now come, and who ' said:? "Yon people should keep away from umo, you should. Ana now 111 tackle that little word," and smiled all over his face* while his eyes twinkled with merriment* and looking side ways from o*e to the other, he rapidly spelled :? "I-n in, g-i-n gin?Ingin." . , [ His simle deepened into a broad grin as he watched the chagrin flush to the countenances of the other spellers, who had been misled all the time on a wrong pronunciation of the word. He was grining with all his might when the teachet said:? * "You ain't got the right word.'* "Wh-ah-ot ?" and he bore down on the brazen-faced young man a look that waa * calculated to freeze him to the bone. "Indian is the word, There is no auch word as Tngin," said the teacher. ?< "Oh, there isn't hey, (sarcastically).? You know, of courao. You know alLjibout. it srnn nimriW'? ..(jvu r~rv "But, my dear sir, I" _ "You needn't apologize to mo," shouted . the old Jparty, stamping the floor with hia cane. "Who be you, any way, putting on airs around me ? I could twist yourscrawny neck off of you in two minute^ you white-livered puppy, you." "But, my dear sir, let me ex"? "It isn't 'Ingin,1 is it?" ground out the old chap between hia teeth. "It's somethin' else, I suppose ! Oh, yes ! you know* of course. And a nico one you are, with your eddication. Why don't your mother send back them apples she borrowed ? r * month ago ?" and he looked around tho store with a triumphant glare of fl&r? casm. "But just hoar me" "Hear you! Who are you, aay wayf What's your father ? When'a he drawed aaobcr breath, I'd like to know? An* whero's your smart brother Ben ? In prio* i somewhere, I'll bo bound. Oh, I know U..11 1:1,I./n^V A y tri xiuii lauiiij iiivc ** wuft. a-uu ? nuai lot than they are can't be found in thi* aeighborhood, and you just put that in __ your pipe ami siuoke it, you egregious ass. ralk to me about spellin'!" And the old jian, stamping his cane again, stalked pasHonately out of the storo. The lesson was ;hen postponed. THE DKATH BOIX. Daniel Webster O'Brien, better known ;hroughout tho country as "Dan Bryant" .he most popular comedian that ever played under a mask of burnt cork, died' of incumoiiia, recently, at his residence at No. Ja >0 "West Sixtieth street, N. Y. City. He v.19 1 nrn in Trov In 1833. In 1S45 he liiitlo his first appcavaucc on the stago- as a ' l dancer in Yauxhall Garden, the occasion . eing a benefit to his brother Jerry, and roiu then he followed Jiia profession of xmiedian almost constantly, and with ever ncreasiog popularity. Ia 1S57 ho and hia >rothers, Neil and Jerry, organized the* > roupe known as the "CorVoniana," and ponwl Mechanic's Hall, No. 472 Broadway,. n J uly, 18G3, ho essayed the Irish charac^ cr of Handy Andy, in the Winter Garden L'he&tre, ana so succesaiuuy iaat ue cnang-? - w d his line of anting, and figured as an irishman until 1SG3, traveling as a star in his country and England. In 1868 he re* urned to minstrely, anJ in 1872 his ?nug ittle theatre in T\venty-thi*d street was 'penod. He leaves a ivifo and five chil[ren. A London actress has refused to accept . packet of diamonds seuo ler by a XiOhl$ urd of high degree.. hi mm in i at arm mil ' in?fti